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Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign

April 12, 2024

On April 25, 2019, former vice president Joe Biden released a video announcing his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. On November 3, 2020, Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, defeated incumbent Republican president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence in the general election.

Joe Biden for President 2020
Campaign2020 Democratic primaries
2020 U.S. presidential election
Candidate
AffiliationDemocratic Party
Status
  • Announced: April 25, 2019
  • Official launch: May 18, 2019
  • Presumptive nominee: April 8, 2020[a]
  • Official nominee: August 18, 2020
  • Election day: November 3, 2020
  • Projected victory: November 7, 2020
  • Inaugurated: January 20, 2021[1][2]
HeadquartersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania[3]
Key people
ReceiptsUS$1,064,613,463.22[6] (November 23, 2020)
SloganBattle for the Soul of the Nation[7]
Our Best Days Still Lie Ahead[8]
No Malarkey![9]
Build Back Better[10]
Unite for a Better America[11]
Website
www.joebiden.com

Biden, the vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and previously a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009, had been the subject of widespread speculation as a potential 2020 candidate after declining to be a candidate in 2016.[12] His 2020 campaign positions included codifying Roe v. Wade into statute, creating a public option for health insurance, decriminalizing recreational cannabis, passing the Equality Act, providing tuition-free community college, and passing a $1.7 trillion climate plan embracing the framework of the Green New Deal. Biden supported regulation of fracking as opposed to a complete ban on the practice.

Biden entered the race with very high name recognition. From his campaign announcement up to the start of the elections, he was generally regarded as the Democratic front-runner. He led most national polls through 2019, but did not rank as one of the top three candidates in either the Iowa caucuses or the New Hampshire primary. After underperforming expectations in those contests, he suffered a decline in his polling and lost his frontrunner status to Bernie Sanders. Biden started regaining ground after winning second place in the Nevada caucuses and, on February 29, 2020, he won a landslide victory in the South Carolina Democratic primary, which reinvigorated his campaign. In March, ten of Biden's former competitors endorsed him, bringing the total number of such endorsements to twelve. Biden earned enough delegates on Super Tuesday to pull ahead of Sanders. On April 8, after Sanders suspended his campaign, Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

In June, Biden reached the required number of delegates to become the nominee. On August 11, Biden announced that U.S. Senator Harris would be his vice presidential running mate. On August 18 and 19, Biden and Harris were officially nominated at the Democratic National Convention. For 2020 election, national opinion polls conducted generally showed Biden leading Trump in favorability. On Election Day, the Biden-Harris ticket defeated the Trump-Pence ticket. Biden and Harris won the popular vote, and won the electoral vote by a margin of 306–232. Biden and Harris were sworn in on January 20, 2021.

Background edit

Previous presidential campaigns edit

Main articles: Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign and Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign

Biden's 2020 presidential campaign was his third attempt to seek election for president of the United States.[13] His first campaign was made in the 1988 Democratic Party primaries where he was initially considered one of the potentially strongest candidates. However, newspapers revealed plagiarism by Biden in law school records and in speeches, a scandal which led to his withdrawal from the race in September 1987.[14]

He made the second attempt during the 2008 Democratic Party primaries, where he focused on his plan to achieve political success in the Iraq War through a system of federalization. Like his first presidential bid, Biden failed to garner endorsements and support. He withdrew from the race after his poor performance in the Iowa caucus on January 3, 2008. He was eventually chosen by Barack Obama as his running mate and won the general election as vice president of the United States, being sworn in on January 20, 2009.

Speculation edit

Vice President Biden was seen as a potential candidate to succeed President Barack Obama in the 2016 presidential election. On October 21, 2015, following the death of his son Beau, Biden announced that he would not seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.[15][16]

During a tour of the U.S. Senate with reporters on December 5, 2016, Biden refused to rule out a potential bid for the presidency in the 2020 presidential election.[17][18] He reasserted his ambivalence about running on an appearance of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 7, in which he stated "never say never" about running for president in 2020, while also admitting he did not see a scenario in which he would run for office again.[19][20] He seemingly announced on January 13, 2017, exactly one week prior to the expiration of his vice presidential term, that he would not run.[21] However, four days later, he seemed to backtrack, stating "I'll run if I can walk."[22] In September 2017, Biden's daughter Ashley indicated her belief that he was thinking about running in 2020.[23]

Time for Biden edit

 

Time for Biden, a political action committee, was formed in January 2018, seeking Biden's entry into the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[24][25]

Considering his options edit

In February 2018, Biden informed a group of longtime foreign policy aides that he was "keeping his 2020 options open".[26]

In March 2018, Politico reported that Biden's team was considering a number of options to distinguish their campaign, such as announcing at the outset a younger vice presidential candidate from outside of politics,[27] and also reported that Biden had rejected a proposition to commit to serving only one term as president.[27] On July 17, 2018, he told a forum held in Bogota, Colombia, that he would decide if he would formally declare as a candidate by January 2019.[28] On February 4, with no decision having been forthcoming from Biden, Edward-Isaac Dovere of The Atlantic wrote that Biden was "very close to saying yes" but that some close to him are worried he will have a last-minute change of heart, as he did in 2016.[29] Dovere reported that Biden was concerned about the effect another presidential run could have on his family and reputation, as well as fundraising struggles and perceptions about his age and relative centrism compared to other declared and potential candidates.[29] Conversely, his "sense of duty", offense at the Trump presidency, the lack of foreign policy experience among other Democratic hopefuls and his desire to foster "bridge-building progressivism" in the party were said to be factors prompting him to run.[29]

Campaign edit

Announcement edit

 
The campaign's original logo, used prior to Harris' selection as running mate.
 
Biden speaking at the campaign's kickoff event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

On March 17, 2019, at a dinner in Dover, Delaware, Biden accidentally revealed that he would run for president in 2020.[30]

On April 19, 2019, The Atlantic reported that Biden planned to officially announce his campaign five days later via a video announcement, followed by a launch rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or Charlottesville, Virginia.[31] Subsequent reports indicated that Biden's plans remained uncertain, with no known launch date, locations for campaign rallies, or permits for an event in Philadelphia.[32][33] On April 23, it was reported that Biden would formally enter the race two days later.[34]

On April 25, 2019, Biden released a video announcing his candidacy for president of the United States.[35] Following a three-week tour, Biden held a campaign rally in Philadelphia on May 18, 2019.[36]

On May 22, the magazine Ebony reported that Biden had begun assembling his 2020 presidential campaign team, to be headquartered in Philadelphia. His team included campaign manager Greg Schultz[37] and director of strategic communications Kamau Mandela Marshall, who both previously worked in the Obama administration,[38][39] as well as other senior advisors from the Obama administration.[40] Additionally, on May 31, the Biden campaign announced that Congressman Cedric Richmond would join the campaign as the national co-chairman.[4]

Key people edit

Economic policy edit

Fundraising and strategy edit

 
Campaigning in Marshalltown, Iowa

On April 26, 2019, Biden's campaign announced that they had raised $6.3 million in the first 24 hours, surpassing all other candidates' first 24-hour fundraising totals for the Democratic presidential nomination at that time.[44] Biden's fundraising came from 128,000 unique contributors, equivalent to that of Beto O'Rourke's campaign, but about 40% lower than that of Bernie Sanders, who had 223,000 unique contributors in the first 24 hours of his campaign.[45]

According to a Politico article, the Biden campaign was operating on the premise that the Democratic base is not nearly as liberal or youthful as perceived. Privately, several Biden advisers acknowledged that their theory was based on polling data and voting trends, contending that the media is pushing the idea of a hyper-progressive Democratic electorate being propagated by a Twitter bubble and being out of touch with the average rank-and-file Democrat. In April 2019, Biden told reporters, "The fact of the matter is the vast majority of the members of the Democratic Party are still basically liberal to moderate Democrats in the traditional sense." Biden also described himself as an "Obama-Biden Democrat". An unspecified Biden adviser said, "There's a big disconnect between the media narrative and what the primary electorate looks like and thinks, versus the media narrative and the Twitter narrative [and] the Democratic primary universe is far less liberal. It's older than you think it is." From April 25 to May 25, 2019, Biden's campaign spent 83% of his total $1.2 million Facebook ad funding on targeting voters 45 years and older. No other top 2020 Democratic candidate has pursued a similar strategy in the primary.[46]

Biden, along with Bernie Sanders, was often perceived as the candidate with the best chance of defeating Donald Trump in the general election.[47] According to The Washington Post, this may be because of his more moderate policies, or it may be because voters or party leaders believe a white male candidate is more "electable".[48] Joe Biden said that his late son Beau should be running instead of him if he were alive.[49][50][51] Biden led most national polls through 2019.[52][53] The Biden campaign came to rely on volunteer groups such as the Biden Digital Coalition for their social media presence and for tracking disinformation.[54][55]

The campaign raised $70 million during the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[56] The campaign and DNC combined raised a record $365 million in August 2020, compared to $154 million by Trump and the RNC.[57] Biden raised another $383 million in September 2020, breaking his own record from the previous month.[58]

Early primary election results edit

 
Biden speaking at a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa

During the Iowa caucuses held on February 3, 2020, Biden came in fourth place, earning six pledged delegates.[59] In the New Hampshire primary held on February 11, Biden came in fifth place and did not earn any delegates due to his failure to meet the required 15% eligibility threshold.[60] After poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, some media outlets questioned whether Biden's status as the most electable candidate was accurate.[61] Biden subsequently finished a distant second in the Nevada caucuses held on February 22, but his campaign viewed his large support among black voters in the state as a sign of strength heading into the South Carolina primary.[62]

 
Biden speaking to voters in Iowa

Biden won the South Carolina primary election held on February 29. Biden won all 46 counties in the state, winning 48.7% of the popular vote and earning 39 delegates.[63] The win was largely attributed to his support from 61% of African-American voters (African-American voters make up approximately 60% of the Democratic electorate in South Carolina).[64] Before the primary on February 26, Jim Clyburn endorsed Biden.[65] Many cited Clyburn's endorsement as a reason for Biden's wide margin of victory, as Clyburn's endorsement is a deciding factor for many African American voters in South Carolina. Thirty-six percent of all primary voters said that they made their decision after Clyburn's endorsement; of that total, 70% voted for Biden.[66][67] According to FiveThirtyEight, the outcome significantly boosted Biden's chance of winning multiple Super Tuesday states (especially southern states like North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia).[68]

In early March, shortly before Super Tuesday, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden, widely perceived as attempts to slow down Sanders' momentum in the primaries.[69][70][71] Beto O'Rourke, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, who had all suspended their campaign months before, also endorsed Biden at around the same time.[72] On the Super Tuesday primary elections on March 3, Biden won Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, earning a total of 458 delegates,[73] and pulling ahead of Bernie Sanders in the race.[74] According to an exit poll, Biden received a substantial amount of support from voters who made up their minds in the last few days before the election. Late voters also preferred a candidate who they believed could defeat Trump more than one who agreed with them on issues.[75] Biden's strong Super Tuesday performance led him to say he had "Joementum."[76]

On March 9, CNN reported that Biden had a double-digit lead over Sanders in a nationwide poll.[77] On March 12, with the coronavirus pandemic looming, Biden changed campaign managers, replacing Greg Schultz with Jen O'Malley Dillon.[78]

COVID-19 and presumptive nominee edit

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially designated the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic.[79] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the scheduled primaries were postponed. Aides to both Biden's and Sanders's campaigns were in contact regarding the pandemic and its effects.[80]

On March 15, Jen O'Malley Dillon was announced as Biden's new campaign manager, replacing Greg Schultz.[81]

Leading up to the 11th Democratic presidential debate, Biden announced two new progressive policies: making public colleges and universities tuition-free for students of families whose income is less than $125,000, and allowing for student loan debts to default during bankruptcy.[82] The debate was held on March 15, 2020, and was the first to feature only the race's two lead finalists. Biden announced that if he secured the nomination, he would choose a female running mate, having previously hinted as much by naming several contenders.[83][b] On April 3, Biden announced that his campaign would unveil a committee to vet prospective vice presidential candidates later in the month.[84]

On March 25, when asked whether he would debate Sanders again, Biden said, "My focus is just dealing with this crisis right now. I haven't thought about any more debates. I think we've had enough debates. I think we should get on with this."[85]

Sanders dropped out of the race on April 8, 2020[86] and endorsed Biden for president on April 13.[87] When Sanders suspended his campaign, Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.[88] Biden is the second candidate in history to lose both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary and still become the Democratic nominee (the first was Bill Clinton in 1992).[89]

On April 9, 2020, a former Senate staffer told law enforcement officials that Biden had sexually assaulted her in 1993; his campaign denied the accusation.[90][91] On May 1, Biden stated that the allegation was false and requested that the secretary of the Senate work with the National Archives and Records Administration to identify and release any relevant documents.[92] The Senate denied this request, saying personnel files are "strictly confidential".[93] Two weeks later, Biden stated that he did not remember his accuser at all.[94]

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected Biden's campaign.[95] On April 25, 2020, The New York Times reported that Biden had "developed a routine, of sorts, as he seeks the presidency from his basement". The Times added:

With the coronavirus outbreak freezing the country’s public life, Mr. Biden has been forced to adapt to a cloistered mode of campaigning never before seen in modern American politics. He was unable to embark on a victory tour after the Democratic primaries or hold unity rallies with onetime rivals like Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Instead, the former vice president is in a distinctive kind of lockdown, walled off from voters, separated from his top strategists and yet leading in the polls.[96]

By June 9, Biden had enough delegates to secure his nomination as the Democratic candidate.[97]

Biden-Sanders Unity Task Forces edit

After Sanders withdrew from the race, Biden and Sanders formed a series of task forces. These task forces aimed to bridge the divide between the moderate wing of the Democratic party, represented by Biden, and the left wing of the party, represented by Sanders.[87]

On May 13, Biden and Sanders announced that the six task forces would be co-chaired by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, former secretary of state John Kerry, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, NILC director Marielena Hincapié, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, AFA president Sara Nelson, Rep. Karen Bass, civil rights attorney Chiraag Bains, Rep. Bobby Scott, Dr. Heather Gautney, and Rep. Marcia Fudge.[98]

Six task forces were formed, each with members representing each candidate, covering climate change, criminal justice reform, the economy, education, health care, and immigration.[99] The final report was released on July 8, 2020, and was expected to form the basis of the 2020 Democratic presidential platform.[100][101] The six groups were coordinated by Analilia Mejia, political director to the Sanders primary campaign, and Carmel Martin, an advisor to Biden.[101][102]

(Italics denotes the Chair of a committee)

Outcomes of the task forces edit

On July 8, Biden's campaign released a set of policy recommendations adopted by the Unity Task Forces appointed by him and Bernie Sanders. The recommendations focus on climate change, criminal justice, the economy, education, health care, and immigration.[103]

Vice presidential announcement and Democratic convention edit

 
Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris at the first campaign event of the ticket, on August 12, 2020

On August 5, it was reported that Biden would accept the Democratic nomination from his home state of Delaware due to the pandemic.[104]

On August 11, Biden announced that Kamala Harris would be his running mate.[105][b] The next day, the two made their first public appearance together promoting their mutual campaigns.[106]

On August 18, the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, the party officially nominated Biden,[107] making him the first non-incumbent vice president to be nominated for president since Walter Mondale in 1984.[108][109] On August 19, Harris was nominated for vice president, making her the first Asian American and the first female African American to be nominated for vice president on a major party ticket.[110] Biden accepted the nomination two nights later. Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday called Biden's acceptance speech "enormously effective" and said he "blew a big hole" in Trump's characterization of the candidate as being "mentally shot."[111] During the convention, delegates adopted the party platform, which was drafted by a committee of many of the same people from the unity task forces and based on the recommendations issued by those task forces.[112][113]

Presidential debates edit

Main article: 2020 United States presidential debates

Since Biden's successful nomination in the Democratic primaries Trump attempted to cast doubt over Biden's abilities, claiming that he was suffering from dementia and that he was taking performance-enhancing drugs in the primaries. Trump called for Biden to be drug tested before the presidential debate; Biden declined. Trump also claimed that Biden would use a hidden electronic earpiece for the debate, demanding that Biden's ears be searched. Again, Biden declined.[114][115]

The first debate took place at Cleveland Clinic on September 29. It was moderated by Chris Wallace. Debate topics included Trump's and Biden's records, the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic, race relations, and the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. Each speaker was to have two minutes to state their positions followed with a period of discussion. The debate quickly devolved into cross talk and interruptions and was widely criticized as being a low point in U.S. presidential politics. Although Wallace pleaded multiple times with Trump to follow the agreed-upon debate rules, Trump frequently interrupted and spoke over Biden and at times with Wallace as well.[116][117] Following the debate Wallace stated that while his own family and the Biden family wore masks as had been required for those in attendance, the Trump family did not and refused the masks offered to them by Cleveland Clinic staffers.[118]

The vice presidential debate between Harris and Pence took place as scheduled on October 7 with Susan Page serving as moderator. The debate was generally seen as civil although there were frequent instances of both candidates interrupting while the other was speaking, with Harris interrupting only about half as often as Pence. Pence also repeatedly spoke beyond his allotted time, ignoring Page's attempts of asking him to mind the two-minute time limits. A CNN poll of registered voters found that 59% felt Harris had won, while 38% felt Pence to be the winner.[119]

The second debate was scheduled to take place on October 15,[120][121] but was cancelled in light of the White House COVID-19 outbreak and Trump's declared intention not to participate in a virtual debate.[122] In response to Trump's refusal to debate Biden scheduled a town hall on ABC for October 15; Trump then scheduled a town hall as well, on the same date and at the same time, to be broadcast on NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC. According to Nielsen ratings, nearly 700,000 more viewers watched Biden's town hall than those who watched Trump's, even though Trump appeared on three outlets.[123][124]

The final debate took place on Thursday, October 22, 2020, from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EDT, at the Curb Event Center in Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, with Kristen Welker of NBC moderating.[125] While it was originally planned to be the third debate, it was the second due to the cancellation of the October 15 debate. The topics covered included: fighting the current COVID-19 pandemic, American families, racial issues, climate change, national security, and leadership. The debate rules were similar to the first, but due to President Trump's repeated interruptions in the prior debate, each candidate's microphones would be muted when it was not their turn to speak. This debate was considered to be drastically less hostile and much more informative, but both candidates still made several false or misleading claims.[126][127] A post-debate CNN/SSRS poll found that 53% of debate-viewers thought that Biden had won and 39% thought Trump had won, with a margin of error of 5.7 points.[128]

Final month edit

On October 6, Biden made a campaign speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, called "the best of his campaign" by CNN's John Avlon.[129]

On October 15, both Biden and Trump held separate town hall speeches, replacing the cancelled second debate.[130]

On October 22, Biden and Trump participated in a second and final debate in Nashville, Tennessee. In contrast to the first debate, the microphones of both candidates were muted at select times.[131] Trump pressed Biden on renewed allegations that during his time as vice president, members of his family had personally profited from his position in Ukraine and China; Biden denied any misconduct and pointed out controversies involving Trump and those countries.[132] Trump repeatedly asked why Biden had not delivered on his 2020 campaign promises during his eight years in the White House, to which Biden responded, "we had a Republican Congress."[133]

Texas Trump Train incident edit

On Friday, October 30, 2020, a Biden campaign bus was reportedly surrounded and harassed by a "Trump Train" convoy of Trump supporters while traveling from San Antonio to Austin, Texas along Interstate 35. The bus, which carried former state senator Wendy Davis and several campaign staffers, was followed along the interstate by nearly 100 vehicles, including many flying Donald Trump flags. The vehicles forced the campaign bus to slow its speed to 20 miles per hour. No one was injured, and local law enforcement helped the bus reach its destination.[134][135] There was a minor collision between a vehicle driven by a Trump supporter and a vehicle driven by a Biden campaign staffer.[136] After the incident, the Biden campaign cancelled two planned events in Austin, Texas.[137][138]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an investigation into the incident.[135][139][140][141] Trump subsequently criticized the FBI's decision at a rally. He later tweeted, "In my opinion, these patriots did nothing wrong. Instead, the FBI & Justice should be investigating the terrorists, anarchists, and agitators of ANTIFA, who run around burning down our Democrat run cities and hurting our people!"[142][143]

In response to the Trump train incident, two lawsuits were filed—one against the drivers, and one against local law enforcement. Transcripts of a 911 call regarding the incident indicated that San Marcos police refused to escort the bus and laughed and joked about the situation.[144]

Election Day and beyond edit

 
People celebrate in the streets near the White House after the major networks project Biden the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

The presidential election was held on November 3, 2020. On November 6, election-calling organization Decision Desk HQ asserted that Biden had won the election based on its forecast that Biden had won Pennsylvania; this result, coupled with Biden's other projected state wins, would give him over 270 electoral college votes.[145][146]

By November 7, various major news outlets forecasted that Biden had won the election.[147]

Biden won 306 electoral college votes to Trump's 232.[148] This was the exact margin by which Trump had won in his 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton, which Trump had repeatedly called a "landslide victory".[149] Biden received 81,283,501 votes to Trump's 74,223,975.[150] Biden broke the record for most votes cast during an election in the history of the United States, while Trump received the most votes ever for a sitting president.[151]

By December 9, every state had certified its election results, with West Virginia being the final state to do so.[152] On Monday, December 14, the Electoral College voted to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.[153]

During and after the 2020 presidential election, Trump and his allies repeatedly claimed, often with little or no evidence, that there was significant electoral fraud in the 2020 election.[154] Because of this, Trump and his lawyers called for swing state officials to overturn the results, frequently drawing criticism for their inflammatory and violent remarks.[155][156] Trump's supporters filed lawsuits challenging the results in several different swing states. As of December 2020, more than 50 such lawsuits had been either withdrawn or dismissed.[157] Notably, a major lawsuit challenging the vote in six different swing states was unanimously rejected by the conservative majority Supreme Court.[158]

On January 6, 2021, a violent group of Trump supporters broke into the United States Capitol while Congress was counting the votes in an attempt to halt or slow the proceedings. The rioters were not successful in stopping the count, though they did manage to delay the certification by a few hours.[159]

Despite the attacks, lawmakers successfully met and began counting the electoral votes submitted by the states on January 6. In a last-ditch attempt at overturning the election, several Republican members of the House and Senate objected to the January 6 certification of the Electoral College, but after a long night of deliberation, Mike Pence certified the results for Biden,[160][161] ensuring that Biden would take office on January 20.[162][163]

Polling edit

Opinion polls conducted in 2020 generally showed Biden leading Trump nationally in general election matchups, with the former vice president's advantage often extending beyond that of the survey's margin of sampling error.[164][165][166]

On July 4, Politico reported that Biden was leading Trump "by double digits in recent polls".[167] In late July, a Washington Post–ABC News poll showed Biden's double-digit lead holding.[168] A national poll conducted in early August showed Biden leading by three percent.[169] An Iowa poll showed Trump leading Biden by 48% to 45%, which is six percentage points less than Trump won the state with in 2016.[170]

Three national polls released August 13–17 show Biden polling ahead of Trump: Fox News has him leading Trump 49%–42%,[171] NBC/Wall Street Journal has him leading 50%–41%,[172] and Washington Post/ABC News has him 53%–41%.[173] A Pew Research Center showed similar results, but found that a majority of participants believed that Trump would win.[174] A Washington Post/ABC News poll taken in late September showed Biden and Harris's lead to be 53%–43%.[175]

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll conducted September 30 – October 1 (after the presidential debate, but before Trump's announcement of his COVID-19 diagnosis) has Biden leading 53%–39%.[176][177] On October 7, a CNN poll showed Biden leading 57%–41%,[178] and a week later, Opinium Research/The Guardian showed him leading 57%–40%.[179] As of October 13, Biden consistently led in poll averages by several or more points for over 100 days, as compared to the last four presidential elections.[179] Biden led 54%–42% in a CNN poll of October 28; its polling director pointed out that:

Although the election will ultimately be decided by the statewide results, which drive the Electoral College, Biden's lead nationally is wider than any presidential candidate has held in more than two decades in the final days of the campaign.[180]

Odds of winning edit

In late September, FiveThirtyEight put Biden's odds of winning at nearly 77% and specifically predicted that he would win 352 electoral votes.[181] His popularity rose in early October and, by October 13, FiveThirtyEight had increased its odds of Biden winning the election to 87%. This calculation remained the same through October 26, when it began to rise again, reaching 90% on October 30.[182]

Questions about inappropriate physical contact edit

Biden has been accused several times of inappropriate non-sexual contact, such as embracing, kissing, and other forms of physical contact.[183][184] He has described himself as a "tactile politician" and admitted this behavior has caused trouble for him in the past.[185] By 2015, a series of swearings-in and other events at which Biden had placed his hands on people and talked closely to them, attracted attention both in the press and on social media.[186][187][188] Various people defended Biden, including a senator who issued a statement,[189] as well as Stephanie Carter, a woman whose photograph with Biden had gone viral, who described the photo as "misleadingly extracted from what was a longer moment between close friends".[190]

In March 2019, former Nevada assemblywoman Lucy Flores alleged that Biden had touched her without her consent at a 2014 campaign rally in Las Vegas. In an op-ed, Flores wrote that Biden had walked up behind her, put his hands on her shoulders, smelled her hair, and kissed the back of her head, adding that the way he touched her was "an intimate way reserved for close friends, family, or romantic partners—and I felt powerless to do anything about it."[191] Biden's spokesman said Biden did not recall the behavior described.[192] Two days later, Amy Lappos, a former congressional aide to Jim Himes, said Biden touched her in a non-sexual but inappropriate way by holding her head to rub noses with her at a political fundraiser in Greenwich in 2009.[193] The next day, two more women came forward with allegations of unwanted touching claiming that he touched a woman's leg during a meeting, and that he placed his hand on a woman's back during a photo.[194][195]

In early April 2019, three women told The Washington Post Biden had touched them in ways that made them feel uncomfortable.[196] Also in April 2019, former Biden staffer Tara Reade said she had felt uncomfortable on several occasions when Biden touched her on her shoulder and neck during her employment in his Senate office in 1993.[197] In March 2020, Reade accused him of a 1993 sexual assault.[198] There were inconsistencies between Reade's 2019 and 2020 allegations.[199] Biden and his campaign vehemently denied the allegation.[200][201] The New York Times investigated and "found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden".[198]

Biden apologized for not understanding how people would react to his actions, but said his intentions were honorable and that he would be more "mindful of people's personal space". He went on to say he was not sorry for anything he had ever done, which led critics to accuse him of sending a mixed message.[202] Arwa Mahdawi of The Guardian said it was "frustrating to see conservatives... weaponize the accusations against Biden", but that it was "also frustrating to see so many liberals turn a blind eye".[203]

Endorsements edit

Main article: List of Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign endorsements

As tracked by FiveThirtyEight, Biden received the most support from prominent members of the Democratic Party out of all Democratic candidates in the 2020 presidential election after many settled for Biden, Sanders' popularity was dropping in the polls, and many wanted Joe Biden rather than Bernie Sanders.[204] Biden received endorsements from 12 former candidates in the 2020 race, including Bernie Sanders,[205] Pete Buttigieg, Michael Bloomberg, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Beto O'Rourke, Andrew Yang, and others.[206] On April 14, 2020, after Biden was the only remaining major candidate for the Democratic nomination, former president Barack Obama (under whom Biden served as vice president) endorsed him.[207] On April 27, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi endorsed him.[208] On April 28, Biden received the endorsement of former 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, whose election loss had inspired his 2020 candidacy.[209]

Biden increasingly attracted Republican support away from their party's incumbent leader, Donald Trump. On August 17, an ad from Republican Voters Against Trump aired featuring Miles Taylor, former chief of staff to former homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Taylor concludes in the ad, "Given what I experienced in the [Trump] administration, I have to support Joe Biden for president."[210] In late August, a movement called Republicans for Biden was launched with sponsorship by 25 former Republican congresspeople,[211] and Politico reported that "Several dozen former staffers from Sen. Mitt Romney's (R-Utah) presidential campaign, the George W. Bush administration and the campaign and Senate staff of former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) have signed on to an effort to elect Joe Biden."[212] By early September, over 175 current and former law enforcement officials had endorsed Biden.[213]

In September 2020, Scientific American announced its endorsement of Biden for president. This was the first time the magazine had endorsed a presidential candidate in the almost 200 years that it has been in print. The magazine's endorsement read:

The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people—because he rejects evidence and science. The most devastating example is his dishonest and inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which cost more than 190,000 Americans their lives by the middle of September. He has also attacked environmental protections, medical care, and the researchers and public science agencies that help this country prepare for its greatest challenges. That is why we urge you to vote for Joe Biden, who is offering fact-based plans to protect our health, our economy and the environment. These and other proposals he has put forth can set the country back on course for a safer, more prosperous and more equitable future.[214]

In October, the New England Journal of Medicine, the oldest and considered to be the world's most prestigious medical journal, published an editorial which condemned the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic saying that "they have taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy." This is the first time in the journal's history that they have supported or condemned a political candidate.[215] A week later, the science journal Nature also endorsed Biden.[216]

In October, 780 retired generals, admirals, senior noncommissioned officers, ambassadors and senior national security officials signed a letter endorsing Biden.[217]

On October 25, the conservative-leaning New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed Biden, the first Democratic presidential candidate the paper had endorsed in over 100 years.[218]

Political positions edit

Main article: Political positions of Joe Biden

Although generally referred to as a moderate, Biden has declared himself as the candidate with the most progressive record.[219]

Abortion edit

On May 21, 2019, a Biden campaign aide told the Associated Press that Biden would support immediate federal legislation codifying Roe v. Wade into statute.[220] On June 5, 2019, the Biden campaign confirmed to NBC News that Biden still supports the Hyde Amendment, something no other Democratic presidential candidate came out in support of. Biden's campaign also told NBC News that Biden would be open to repealing the Hyde Amendment if abortion access protections currently under Roe v. Wade were threatened.[221] On June 6, 2019, Biden, at the Democratic National Committee's African American Leadership Council Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, said he now supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, crediting his change in position, in part, to recent efforts by Republicans passing anti-abortion state laws, which he called "extreme laws". Also at the summit, he focused on economic inequality for African Americans, education access, criminal justice reform, healthcare, and voter suppression in the south.[222][223]

Cannabis edit

Biden supports the decriminalization, but not legalization, of recreational cannabis usage. Biden said he believes no one should be in jail because of cannabis use. As president, he would decriminalize cannabis use and automatically expunge prior convictions.[224][225][226] He supports the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes, leaving decisions regarding legalization for recreational use up to the states, and recategorizing cannabis as a Schedule II drug so researchers can study its impacts. Every other Democratic presidential candidate supported the full federal legalization of cannabis, with the exception of Michael Bloomberg, Steve Bullock and Joe Sestak.[227][228]

Capital punishment edit

On June 20, 2019, following the first federal death sentence since 2003, Biden came out against capital punishment, supporting the repeal of both federal- and state-level death sentence statutes. He argued that with the death penalty, there is a risk of executing a wrongfully convicted person. Biden had previously supported capital punishment.[229][230]

Education edit

In 2018, Biden said he supported a universal pre-kindergarten program.[231] He unveiled a higher education plan in October 2019, which includes two years of guaranteed free community college or other training, and cuts to student loan obligations. Unlike some of his rivals, he initially did not support four years of free college tuition,[232] but later reversed this for students of families whose income is less than $125,000, as well as allowing student loan debts to default during bankruptcy.[82]

Although the Obama administration promoted charter schools, Biden criticized some charter schools for funneling money away from public schools in a May 2019 speech, and said that he opposes federal funds for-profit charter schools.[233]

Environment edit

On June 4, 2019, the Biden campaign released a $1.7 trillion climate plan that embraced the framework of the Green New Deal.[234] The plan called for the US to reach net zero emissions by 2050 or earlier, and help coal workers to transition into jobs created from a clean-energy economy. Biden supports the development of carbon capture and storage and small modular reactors to reduce emissions.[235] On September 4, 2019, during a CNN climate change town hall, Biden said he does not support banning fracking for natural gas, distancing himself from some of his Democratic presidential rivals, but said he would ban new fracking permits and evaluate existing ones to determine their safety.[236]

Health edit

On July 16, 2019, Biden called for additional funding to construct rural hospitals, increase telehealth services in rural communities, and provide incentives for doctors to practice in rural areas, also known as medical deserts in the United States.[237]

On April 29, 2019, Biden came out in favor of a public option for health insurance and outlawing non-compete clauses for low-wage workers.[238]

Immigration edit

On July 5, 2019, Biden told CNN he did not support decriminalizing illegal entry into the United States, a position that puts him at odds with many of his 2020 Democratic rivals.[239] He released a plan to reform the immigration system in December 2019, which includes a reversal of the Trump administration's deportation policies, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and expansions in work visas and refugee admissions.[240]

Infrastructure edit

Biden released his infrastructure plan on November 14, 2019, calling for investments of $1.3 trillion on infrastructure overhaul. The plan involves investments in the restoration of roads, bridges and highways, encouraging greater adoption of rail transport and electric vehicles. It also includes water pipe replacements, increases in broadband coverage, and updates to schools.[241]

LGBTQ issues edit

On June 1, 2019, Biden gave a keynote address to hundreds of activists and donors at the Human Rights Campaign's annual Ohio gala. He declared his top legislative priority was passing the Equality Act. He attacked Donald Trump for banning transgender troops in the U.S. military, allowing individuals in the medical field to deny treating LGBTQ individuals, and allowing homeless shelters to deny transgender occupants.[242] On May 6, 2020, the Human Rights Campaign endorsed Biden.[243]

Race relations edit

While at a fundraiser on June 18, 2019, Biden said one of his greatest strengths was "bringing people together" and pointed to his relationships with senators James Eastland and Herman Talmadge, two segregationists, as examples. While imitating a Southern drawl, Biden remarked "I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland. He never called me 'boy', he always called me 'son'."[244][245] Biden's Democratic opponents criticized the remarks, specifically the use of the word "boy".[245] In response, Biden said that he was not meaning to use the term "boy" in its derogatory racial context.[246]

During the first Democratic presidential debate, Kamala Harris criticized Biden for his comments regarding his past work with segregationist senators and his past opposition to desegregation busing, which had allowed black children like her to attend integrated schools.[247] Biden was widely criticized for his debate performance and support for him dropped 10 points.[248][249][250] President Trump defended Biden, saying Harris was given "too much credit" for her debate with Biden.[251]

In May 2020, during an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show that CBS News described as "contentious", Biden remarked "If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black."[252][253][254][255] He later apologized for his remarks.[256]

Welfare edit

On June 17, 2019, Biden appeared at the "Poor People's Campaign Presidential Forum" in Washington, D.C., to discuss proposals for the funding of poverty alleviation programs. At a fundraiser in New York the next day, while on the topic of raising wealthy donors' taxes to get his legislative goals passed, he reassured wealthy donors that he would not "demonize" the rich and said, "no one's standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change."[257]

Trump–Ukraine scandal edit

Main articles: Trump–Ukraine scandal and Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory

In 2019, Trump allegedly attempted to coerce Ukraine and other foreign countries to investigate Joe Biden's son Hunter. Trump enlisted surrogates within and outside his official administration, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr, to pressure Ukraine and other foreign governments to cooperate in supporting conspiracy theories concerning American politics.[258][259][260] Trump blocked but later released payment of a congressionally mandated $391 million military aid package to allegedly obtain quid pro quo cooperation from Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine. A number of contacts were established between the White House and the government of Ukraine, culminating in a phone call between Trump and Zelenskyy on July 25, 2019.[258][261]

The scandal resulted in Trump's impeachment on charges of abusing the power of his office and obstructing Congress,[262] and his ultimate acquittal by the Senate.[263] At the time, no evidence had been produced of any wrongdoing by the Bidens.[264]

In October 2019, CNN refused to run an ad for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign, saying it includes false claims against Biden.[265] Fox News refused to stop airing a Trump campaign ad that allegedly lied about Biden after his campaign asked them to stop running the ad.[266]

Hunter Biden laptop edit

Main article: Hunter Biden laptop controversy

On October 14, 2020, the New York Post, a conservative daily tabloid newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, ran a story showing a screenshot of an alleged email from a top adviser to Ukrainian energy company Burisma to Biden's son Hunter, thanking him for the supposed opportunity to meet his father. The article alleges that this supports claims that Biden used his political power to benefit his son Hunter in business dealings with Ukraine.[267] The Post's source was Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who says he got the data from the hard drive of a laptop allegedly dropped off at a repair shop in April 2019.[267] The shop owner, John Mac Isaac, said he initially turned the laptop over to the FBI and later shared a copy of the data with Giuliani. CBS reported that they held a lengthy interview with Mac Isaac in which he frequently contradicted himself, "raising questions about [his] truthfulness."[268][269] Social media platforms swiftly responded by controlling how the article could be shared—Facebook by including a fact-checking statement and Twitter by preventing links to the story on the basis of its containing hacked material. Republican politicians accused these platforms of censorship, renewing calls for reform of Section 230. Trump suggested that disclosures in the emails should disqualify Biden from the presidency. Biden's campaign and those associated with him portrayed the article's allegations as false, saying that no such meeting ever happened.[267][270] Former U.S. intelligence officials warned the White House in 2019 that Giuliani could be the target of a Russian intelligence operation.[271]

United States intelligence community analysis released in March 2021 stated that proxies of Russian intelligence promoted and laundered misleading or unsubstantiated narratives about the Bidens "to US media organizations, US officials, and prominent US individuals, including some close to former President Trump and his administration."[272][273]

A June 2021 PolitiFact fact-check stated that "over time, there has been less doubt that the laptop did in fact belong to Hunter Biden", although concluded that "[n]othing from the laptop has revealed illegal or unethical behavior by Joe Biden as vice president with regard to his son's tenure as a director for Burisma".[274] In an opinion article, Holman W. Jenkins Jr. of The Wall Street Journal criticized other journalists regarding the laptop, for "ignoring a story you know to be true in hopes your readers will believe it's not true"[275] Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post analyzed a claim, purportedly from emails of the laptop, that Joe Biden met with Burisma executive Vadym Pozharskyi at a dinner in April 2015. Kessler concluded that Joe Biden had briefly dropped by the dinner to speak to his longtime Greek friend, Alexander Karloutsos, without participating in the dinner; additionally, while the attendees list included the name "Vadym", no last name was specified.[276]

See also edit

References edit

Footnotes

  1. ^ Biden received enough delegates to win the nomination on June 5, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Previously nominated women vice-presidential candidates were Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and Sarah Palin in 2008.[83]

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biden, 2020, presidential, campaign, april, 2019, former, vice, president, biden, released, video, announcing, candidacy, 2020, democratic, party, presidential, primaries, november, 2020, biden, running, mate, kamala, harris, defeated, incumbent, republican, p. On April 25 2019 former vice president Joe Biden released a video announcing his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries On November 3 2020 Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris defeated incumbent Republican president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence in the general election Joe Biden for President 2020Campaign2020 Democratic primaries2020 U S presidential electionCandidateJoe Biden47th vice president of the United States 2009 2017 Kamala HarrisU S senator from California 2017 2021 AffiliationDemocratic PartyStatusAnnounced April 25 2019Official launch May 18 2019Presumptive nominee April 8 2020 a Official nominee August 18 2020Election day November 3 2020Projected victory November 7 2020Inaugurated January 20 2021 1 2 HeadquartersPhiladelphia Pennsylvania 3 Key peopleCedric Richmond National Co Chair 4 Eric Garcetti National Co Chair Lisa Blunt Rochester National Co Chair Gretchen Whitmer National Co Chair Steve Ricchetti campaign chairman Mike Donilon chief strategist Jen O Malley Dillon campaign manager Pete Kavanaugh deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield communications director deputy campaign manager Anthony Bernal deputy campaign manager Valerie Biden Owens senior advisor Anita Dunn senior advisor Greg Schultz senior advisor Symone Sanders senior advisor Cristobal Alex senior advisor Brandon English senior advisor TJ Ducklo national press secretary Erin Wilson national political director Katie Petrelius national finance director 5 ReceiptsUS 1 064 613 463 22 6 November 23 2020 SloganBattle for the Soul of the Nation 7 Our Best Days Still Lie Ahead 8 No Malarkey 9 Build Back Better 10 Unite for a Better America 11 Websitewww wbr joebiden wbr comBiden the vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and previously a U S senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 had been the subject of widespread speculation as a potential 2020 candidate after declining to be a candidate in 2016 12 His 2020 campaign positions included codifying Roe v Wade into statute creating a public option for health insurance decriminalizing recreational cannabis passing the Equality Act providing tuition free community college and passing a 1 7 trillion climate plan embracing the framework of the Green New Deal Biden supported regulation of fracking as opposed to a complete ban on the practice Biden entered the race with very high name recognition From his campaign announcement up to the start of the elections he was generally regarded as the Democratic front runner He led most national polls through 2019 but did not rank as one of the top three candidates in either the Iowa caucuses or the New Hampshire primary After underperforming expectations in those contests he suffered a decline in his polling and lost his frontrunner status to Bernie Sanders Biden started regaining ground after winning second place in the Nevada caucuses and on February 29 2020 he won a landslide victory in the South Carolina Democratic primary which reinvigorated his campaign In March ten of Biden s former competitors endorsed him bringing the total number of such endorsements to twelve Biden earned enough delegates on Super Tuesday to pull ahead of Sanders On April 8 after Sanders suspended his campaign Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee In June Biden reached the required number of delegates to become the nominee On August 11 Biden announced that U S Senator Harris would be his vice presidential running mate On August 18 and 19 Biden and Harris were officially nominated at the Democratic National Convention For 2020 election national opinion polls conducted generally showed Biden leading Trump in favorability On Election Day the Biden Harris ticket defeated the Trump Pence ticket Biden and Harris won the popular vote and won the electoral vote by a margin of 306 232 Biden and Harris were sworn in on January 20 2021 Contents 1 Background 1 1 Previous presidential campaigns 1 2 Speculation 1 3 Time for Biden 1 4 Considering his options 2 Campaign 2 1 Announcement 2 1 1 Key people 2 1 2 Economic policy 2 2 Fundraising and strategy 2 3 Early primary election results 2 4 COVID 19 and presumptive nominee 2 5 Biden Sanders Unity Task Forces 2 5 1 Unity Task Force on Climate Change 2 5 2 Unity Task Force on Criminal Justice Reform 2 5 3 Unity Task Force on the Economy 2 5 4 Unity Task Force on Education 2 5 5 Unity Task Force on Health Care 2 5 6 Unity Task Force on Immigration 2 5 7 Outcomes of the task forces 2 6 Vice presidential announcement and Democratic convention 2 7 Presidential debates 2 8 Final month 2 8 1 Texas Trump Train incident 2 9 Election Day and beyond 3 Polling 3 1 Odds of winning 4 Questions about inappropriate physical contact 5 Endorsements 6 Political positions 6 1 Abortion 6 2 Cannabis 6 3 Capital punishment 6 4 Education 6 5 Environment 6 6 Health 6 7 Immigration 6 8 Infrastructure 6 9 LGBTQ issues 6 10 Race relations 6 11 Welfare 7 Trump Ukraine scandal 7 1 Hunter Biden laptop 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksBackground editPrevious presidential campaigns edit Main articles Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign and Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign Biden s 2020 presidential campaign was his third attempt to seek election for president of the United States 13 His first campaign was made in the 1988 Democratic Party primaries where he was initially considered one of the potentially strongest candidates However newspapers revealed plagiarism by Biden in law school records and in speeches a scandal which led to his withdrawal from the race in September 1987 14 He made the second attempt during the 2008 Democratic Party primaries where he focused on his plan to achieve political success in the Iraq War through a system of federalization Like his first presidential bid Biden failed to garner endorsements and support He withdrew from the race after his poor performance in the Iowa caucus on January 3 2008 He was eventually chosen by Barack Obama as his running mate and won the general election as vice president of the United States being sworn in on January 20 2009 Speculation edit Vice President Biden was seen as a potential candidate to succeed President Barack Obama in the 2016 presidential election On October 21 2015 following the death of his son Beau Biden announced that he would not seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 15 16 During a tour of the U S Senate with reporters on December 5 2016 Biden refused to rule out a potential bid for the presidency in the 2020 presidential election 17 18 He reasserted his ambivalence about running on an appearance of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 7 in which he stated never say never about running for president in 2020 while also admitting he did not see a scenario in which he would run for office again 19 20 He seemingly announced on January 13 2017 exactly one week prior to the expiration of his vice presidential term that he would not run 21 However four days later he seemed to backtrack stating I ll run if I can walk 22 In September 2017 Biden s daughter Ashley indicated her belief that he was thinking about running in 2020 23 Time for Biden edit nbsp Time for Biden a political action committee was formed in January 2018 seeking Biden s entry into the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries 24 25 Considering his options edit In February 2018 Biden informed a group of longtime foreign policy aides that he was keeping his 2020 options open 26 In March 2018 Politico reported that Biden s team was considering a number of options to distinguish their campaign such as announcing at the outset a younger vice presidential candidate from outside of politics 27 and also reported that Biden had rejected a proposition to commit to serving only one term as president 27 On July 17 2018 he told a forum held in Bogota Colombia that he would decide if he would formally declare as a candidate by January 2019 28 On February 4 with no decision having been forthcoming from Biden Edward Isaac Dovere of The Atlantic wrote that Biden was very close to saying yes but that some close to him are worried he will have a last minute change of heart as he did in 2016 29 Dovere reported that Biden was concerned about the effect another presidential run could have on his family and reputation as well as fundraising struggles and perceptions about his age and relative centrism compared to other declared and potential candidates 29 Conversely his sense of duty offense at the Trump presidency the lack of foreign policy experience among other Democratic hopefuls and his desire to foster bridge building progressivism in the party were said to be factors prompting him to run 29 Campaign editAnnouncement edit nbsp The campaign s original logo used prior to Harris selection as running mate nbsp Biden speaking at the campaign s kickoff event in Philadelphia PennsylvaniaOn March 17 2019 at a dinner in Dover Delaware Biden accidentally revealed that he would run for president in 2020 30 On April 19 2019 The Atlantic reported that Biden planned to officially announce his campaign five days later via a video announcement followed by a launch rally in Philadelphia Pennsylvania or Charlottesville Virginia 31 Subsequent reports indicated that Biden s plans remained uncertain with no known launch date locations for campaign rallies or permits for an event in Philadelphia 32 33 On April 23 it was reported that Biden would formally enter the race two days later 34 On April 25 2019 Biden released a video announcing his candidacy for president of the United States 35 Following a three week tour Biden held a campaign rally in Philadelphia on May 18 2019 36 On May 22 the magazine Ebony reported that Biden had begun assembling his 2020 presidential campaign team to be headquartered in Philadelphia His team included campaign manager Greg Schultz 37 and director of strategic communications Kamau Mandela Marshall who both previously worked in the Obama administration 38 39 as well as other senior advisors from the Obama administration 40 Additionally on May 31 the Biden campaign announced that Congressman Cedric Richmond would join the campaign as the national co chairman 4 Key people edit Steve Ricchetti campaign chairman Mike Donilon chief strategist Greg Schultz 1st campaign manager Jen O Malley Dillon 2nd campaign manager Anita Dunn senior advisor Symone Sanders senior advisor Ron Klain former Chief of Staff to the Vice President senior advisor Valerie Biden Owens sister of Joe Biden senior advisorEconomic policy edit Jeffrey Zients former director of the National Economic Council 41 Jared Bernstein former chief economics advisor to Joe Biden 41 Heather Boushey economist 41 42 Ben Harris former Chief Economist and Chief Economic Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden 41 43 Fundraising and strategy edit nbsp Campaigning in Marshalltown IowaOn April 26 2019 Biden s campaign announced that they had raised 6 3 million in the first 24 hours surpassing all other candidates first 24 hour fundraising totals for the Democratic presidential nomination at that time 44 Biden s fundraising came from 128 000 unique contributors equivalent to that of Beto O Rourke s campaign but about 40 lower than that of Bernie Sanders who had 223 000 unique contributors in the first 24 hours of his campaign 45 According to a Politico article the Biden campaign was operating on the premise that the Democratic base is not nearly as liberal or youthful as perceived Privately several Biden advisers acknowledged that their theory was based on polling data and voting trends contending that the media is pushing the idea of a hyper progressive Democratic electorate being propagated by a Twitter bubble and being out of touch with the average rank and file Democrat In April 2019 Biden told reporters The fact of the matter is the vast majority of the members of the Democratic Party are still basically liberal to moderate Democrats in the traditional sense Biden also described himself as an Obama Biden Democrat An unspecified Biden adviser said There s a big disconnect between the media narrative and what the primary electorate looks like and thinks versus the media narrative and the Twitter narrative and the Democratic primary universe is far less liberal It s older than you think it is From April 25 to May 25 2019 Biden s campaign spent 83 of his total 1 2 million Facebook ad funding on targeting voters 45 years and older No other top 2020 Democratic candidate has pursued a similar strategy in the primary 46 Biden along with Bernie Sanders was often perceived as the candidate with the best chance of defeating Donald Trump in the general election 47 According to The Washington Post this may be because of his more moderate policies or it may be because voters or party leaders believe a white male candidate is more electable 48 Joe Biden said that his late son Beau should be running instead of him if he were alive 49 50 51 Biden led most national polls through 2019 52 53 The Biden campaign came to rely on volunteer groups such as the Biden Digital Coalition for their social media presence and for tracking disinformation 54 55 The campaign raised 70 million during the 2020 Democratic National Convention 56 The campaign and DNC combined raised a record 365 million in August 2020 compared to 154 million by Trump and the RNC 57 Biden raised another 383 million in September 2020 breaking his own record from the previous month 58 Early primary election results edit nbsp Biden speaking at a campaign event in Des Moines IowaDuring the Iowa caucuses held on February 3 2020 Biden came in fourth place earning six pledged delegates 59 In the New Hampshire primary held on February 11 Biden came in fifth place and did not earn any delegates due to his failure to meet the required 15 eligibility threshold 60 After poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire some media outlets questioned whether Biden s status as the most electable candidate was accurate 61 Biden subsequently finished a distant second in the Nevada caucuses held on February 22 but his campaign viewed his large support among black voters in the state as a sign of strength heading into the South Carolina primary 62 nbsp Biden speaking to voters in IowaBiden won the South Carolina primary election held on February 29 Biden won all 46 counties in the state winning 48 7 of the popular vote and earning 39 delegates 63 The win was largely attributed to his support from 61 of African American voters African American voters make up approximately 60 of the Democratic electorate in South Carolina 64 Before the primary on February 26 Jim Clyburn endorsed Biden 65 Many cited Clyburn s endorsement as a reason for Biden s wide margin of victory as Clyburn s endorsement is a deciding factor for many African American voters in South Carolina Thirty six percent of all primary voters said that they made their decision after Clyburn s endorsement of that total 70 voted for Biden 66 67 According to FiveThirtyEight the outcome significantly boosted Biden s chance of winning multiple Super Tuesday states especially southern states like North Carolina Texas and Virginia 68 In early March shortly before Super Tuesday Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden widely perceived as attempts to slow down Sanders momentum in the primaries 69 70 71 Beto O Rourke Cory Booker and Kamala Harris who had all suspended their campaign months before also endorsed Biden at around the same time 72 On the Super Tuesday primary elections on March 3 Biden won Alabama Arkansas Maine Massachusetts Minnesota North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Texas and Virginia earning a total of 458 delegates 73 and pulling ahead of Bernie Sanders in the race 74 According to an exit poll Biden received a substantial amount of support from voters who made up their minds in the last few days before the election Late voters also preferred a candidate who they believed could defeat Trump more than one who agreed with them on issues 75 Biden s strong Super Tuesday performance led him to say he had Joementum 76 On March 9 CNN reported that Biden had a double digit lead over Sanders in a nationwide poll 77 On March 12 with the coronavirus pandemic looming Biden changed campaign managers replacing Greg Schultz with Jen O Malley Dillon 78 COVID 19 and presumptive nominee edit On March 11 2020 the World Health Organization officially designated the outbreak of COVID 19 as a pandemic 79 As a result of the COVID 19 pandemic many of the scheduled primaries were postponed Aides to both Biden s and Sanders s campaigns were in contact regarding the pandemic and its effects 80 On March 15 Jen O Malley Dillon was announced as Biden s new campaign manager replacing Greg Schultz 81 Leading up to the 11th Democratic presidential debate Biden announced two new progressive policies making public colleges and universities tuition free for students of families whose income is less than 125 000 and allowing for student loan debts to default during bankruptcy 82 The debate was held on March 15 2020 and was the first to feature only the race s two lead finalists Biden announced that if he secured the nomination he would choose a female running mate having previously hinted as much by naming several contenders 83 b On April 3 Biden announced that his campaign would unveil a committee to vet prospective vice presidential candidates later in the month 84 On March 25 when asked whether he would debate Sanders again Biden said My focus is just dealing with this crisis right now I haven t thought about any more debates I think we ve had enough debates I think we should get on with this 85 Sanders dropped out of the race on April 8 2020 86 and endorsed Biden for president on April 13 87 When Sanders suspended his campaign Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee 88 Biden is the second candidate in history to lose both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary and still become the Democratic nominee the first was Bill Clinton in 1992 89 On April 9 2020 a former Senate staffer told law enforcement officials that Biden had sexually assaulted her in 1993 his campaign denied the accusation 90 91 On May 1 Biden stated that the allegation was false and requested that the secretary of the Senate work with the National Archives and Records Administration to identify and release any relevant documents 92 The Senate denied this request saying personnel files are strictly confidential 93 Two weeks later Biden stated that he did not remember his accuser at all 94 The COVID 19 pandemic dramatically affected Biden s campaign 95 On April 25 2020 The New York Times reported that Biden had developed a routine of sorts as he seeks the presidency from his basement The Times added With the coronavirus outbreak freezing the country s public life Mr Biden has been forced to adapt to a cloistered mode of campaigning never before seen in modern American politics He was unable to embark on a victory tour after the Democratic primaries or hold unity rallies with onetime rivals like Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts Instead the former vice president is in a distinctive kind of lockdown walled off from voters separated from his top strategists and yet leading in the polls 96 By June 9 Biden had enough delegates to secure his nomination as the Democratic candidate 97 Biden Sanders Unity Task Forces edit After Sanders withdrew from the race Biden and Sanders formed a series of task forces These task forces aimed to bridge the divide between the moderate wing of the Democratic party represented by Biden and the left wing of the party represented by Sanders 87 On May 13 Biden and Sanders announced that the six task forces would be co chaired by Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez former secretary of state John Kerry Rep Pramila Jayapal former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy NILC director Marielena Hincapie Rep Lucille Roybal Allard AFA president Sara Nelson Rep Karen Bass civil rights attorney Chiraag Bains Rep Bobby Scott Dr Heather Gautney and Rep Marcia Fudge 98 Six task forces were formed each with members representing each candidate covering climate change criminal justice reform the economy education health care and immigration 99 The final report was released on July 8 2020 and was expected to form the basis of the 2020 Democratic presidential platform 100 101 The six groups were coordinated by Analilia Mejia political director to the Sanders primary campaign and Carmel Martin an advisor to Biden 101 102 Italics denotes the Chair of a committee Unity Task Force on Climate Change edit John Kerry Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Kathy Castor Kerry Duggan Catherine Coleman Flowers Conor Lamb Gina McCarthy Donald McEachin Varshini Prakash Unity Task Force on Criminal Justice Reform edit Chiraag Bains Bobby Scott Raumesh Akbari Justin Bamberg Vanita Gupta Eric Holder Symone Sanders Stacey Walker Unity Task Force on the Economy edit Karen Bass Sara Nelson Jared Bernstein Darrick Hamilton Ben Harris Stephanie Kelton Lee Saunders Sonal Shah Unity Task Force on Education edit Marcia Fudge Heather Gautney Alejandro Adler Lily Eskelsen Garcia Maggie Thompson Christie Vilsack Randi Weingarten Hirokazu Yoshikawa Unity Task Force on Health Care edit Pramila Jayapal Vivek Murthy Donald Berwick Abdul El Sayed Sherry Glied Mary Kay Henry Chris Jennings Robin Kelly Unity Task Force on Immigration edit Lucille Roybal Allard Marielena Hincapie Cristobal Alex Veronica Escobar Marisa Franco Juan Gonzalez Kate Marshall Javier Valdes Outcomes of the task forces edit On July 8 Biden s campaign released a set of policy recommendations adopted by the Unity Task Forces appointed by him and Bernie Sanders The recommendations focus on climate change criminal justice the economy education health care and immigration 103 Vice presidential announcement and Democratic convention edit nbsp Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris at the first campaign event of the ticket on August 12 2020On August 5 it was reported that Biden would accept the Democratic nomination from his home state of Delaware due to the pandemic 104 On August 11 Biden announced that Kamala Harris would be his running mate 105 b The next day the two made their first public appearance together promoting their mutual campaigns 106 On August 18 the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention the party officially nominated Biden 107 making him the first non incumbent vice president to be nominated for president since Walter Mondale in 1984 108 109 On August 19 Harris was nominated for vice president making her the first Asian American and the first female African American to be nominated for vice president on a major party ticket 110 Biden accepted the nomination two nights later Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday called Biden s acceptance speech enormously effective and said he blew a big hole in Trump s characterization of the candidate as being mentally shot 111 During the convention delegates adopted the party platform which was drafted by a committee of many of the same people from the unity task forces and based on the recommendations issued by those task forces 112 113 Presidential debates edit Main article 2020 United States presidential debates Since Biden s successful nomination in the Democratic primaries Trump attempted to cast doubt over Biden s abilities claiming that he was suffering from dementia and that he was taking performance enhancing drugs in the primaries Trump called for Biden to be drug tested before the presidential debate Biden declined Trump also claimed that Biden would use a hidden electronic earpiece for the debate demanding that Biden s ears be searched Again Biden declined 114 115 The first debate took place at Cleveland Clinic on September 29 It was moderated by Chris Wallace Debate topics included Trump s and Biden s records the economy the COVID 19 pandemic race relations and the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett Each speaker was to have two minutes to state their positions followed with a period of discussion The debate quickly devolved into cross talk and interruptions and was widely criticized as being a low point in U S presidential politics Although Wallace pleaded multiple times with Trump to follow the agreed upon debate rules Trump frequently interrupted and spoke over Biden and at times with Wallace as well 116 117 Following the debate Wallace stated that while his own family and the Biden family wore masks as had been required for those in attendance the Trump family did not and refused the masks offered to them by Cleveland Clinic staffers 118 The vice presidential debate between Harris and Pence took place as scheduled on October 7 with Susan Page serving as moderator The debate was generally seen as civil although there were frequent instances of both candidates interrupting while the other was speaking with Harris interrupting only about half as often as Pence Pence also repeatedly spoke beyond his allotted time ignoring Page s attempts of asking him to mind the two minute time limits A CNN poll of registered voters found that 59 felt Harris had won while 38 felt Pence to be the winner 119 The second debate was scheduled to take place on October 15 120 121 but was cancelled in light of the White House COVID 19 outbreak and Trump s declared intention not to participate in a virtual debate 122 In response to Trump s refusal to debate Biden scheduled a town hall on ABC for October 15 Trump then scheduled a town hall as well on the same date and at the same time to be broadcast on NBC MSNBC and CNBC According to Nielsen ratings nearly 700 000 more viewers watched Biden s town hall than those who watched Trump s even though Trump appeared on three outlets 123 124 The final debate took place on Thursday October 22 2020 from 9 00 p m to 10 30 p m EDT at the Curb Event Center in Belmont University in Nashville Tennessee with Kristen Welker of NBC moderating 125 While it was originally planned to be the third debate it was the second due to the cancellation of the October 15 debate The topics covered included fighting the current COVID 19 pandemic American families racial issues climate change national security and leadership The debate rules were similar to the first but due to President Trump s repeated interruptions in the prior debate each candidate s microphones would be muted when it was not their turn to speak This debate was considered to be drastically less hostile and much more informative but both candidates still made several false or misleading claims 126 127 A post debate CNN SSRS poll found that 53 of debate viewers thought that Biden had won and 39 thought Trump had won with a margin of error of 5 7 points 128 Final month edit On October 6 Biden made a campaign speech in Gettysburg Pennsylvania called the best of his campaign by CNN s John Avlon 129 On October 15 both Biden and Trump held separate town hall speeches replacing the cancelled second debate 130 On October 22 Biden and Trump participated in a second and final debate in Nashville Tennessee In contrast to the first debate the microphones of both candidates were muted at select times 131 Trump pressed Biden on renewed allegations that during his time as vice president members of his family had personally profited from his position in Ukraine and China Biden denied any misconduct and pointed out controversies involving Trump and those countries 132 Trump repeatedly asked why Biden had not delivered on his 2020 campaign promises during his eight years in the White House to which Biden responded we had a Republican Congress 133 Texas Trump Train incident edit On Friday October 30 2020 a Biden campaign bus was reportedly surrounded and harassed by a Trump Train convoy of Trump supporters while traveling from San Antonio to Austin Texas along Interstate 35 The bus which carried former state senator Wendy Davis and several campaign staffers was followed along the interstate by nearly 100 vehicles including many flying Donald Trump flags The vehicles forced the campaign bus to slow its speed to 20 miles per hour No one was injured and local law enforcement helped the bus reach its destination 134 135 There was a minor collision between a vehicle driven by a Trump supporter and a vehicle driven by a Biden campaign staffer 136 After the incident the Biden campaign cancelled two planned events in Austin Texas 137 138 The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI launched an investigation into the incident 135 139 140 141 Trump subsequently criticized the FBI s decision at a rally He later tweeted In my opinion these patriots did nothing wrong Instead the FBI amp Justice should be investigating the terrorists anarchists and agitators of ANTIFA who run around burning down our Democrat run cities and hurting our people 142 143 In response to the Trump train incident two lawsuits were filed one against the drivers and one against local law enforcement Transcripts of a 911 call regarding the incident indicated that San Marcos police refused to escort the bus and laughed and joked about the situation 144 Election Day and beyond edit nbsp People celebrate in the streets near the White House after the major networks project Biden the winner of the 2020 U S presidential election The presidential election was held on November 3 2020 On November 6 election calling organization Decision Desk HQ asserted that Biden had won the election based on its forecast that Biden had won Pennsylvania this result coupled with Biden s other projected state wins would give him over 270 electoral college votes 145 146 By November 7 various major news outlets forecasted that Biden had won the election 147 Biden won 306 electoral college votes to Trump s 232 148 This was the exact margin by which Trump had won in his 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton which Trump had repeatedly called a landslide victory 149 Biden received 81 283 501 votes to Trump s 74 223 975 150 Biden broke the record for most votes cast during an election in the history of the United States while Trump received the most votes ever for a sitting president 151 By December 9 every state had certified its election results with West Virginia being the final state to do so 152 On Monday December 14 the Electoral College voted to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 153 During and after the 2020 presidential election Trump and his allies repeatedly claimed often with little or no evidence that there was significant electoral fraud in the 2020 election 154 Because of this Trump and his lawyers called for swing state officials to overturn the results frequently drawing criticism for their inflammatory and violent remarks 155 156 Trump s supporters filed lawsuits challenging the results in several different swing states As of December 2020 more than 50 such lawsuits had been either withdrawn or dismissed 157 Notably a major lawsuit challenging the vote in six different swing states was unanimously rejected by the conservative majority Supreme Court 158 On January 6 2021 a violent group of Trump supporters broke into the United States Capitol while Congress was counting the votes in an attempt to halt or slow the proceedings The rioters were not successful in stopping the count though they did manage to delay the certification by a few hours 159 Despite the attacks lawmakers successfully met and began counting the electoral votes submitted by the states on January 6 In a last ditch attempt at overturning the election several Republican members of the House and Senate objected to the January 6 certification of the Electoral College but after a long night of deliberation Mike Pence certified the results for Biden 160 161 ensuring that Biden would take office on January 20 162 163 Polling editOpinion polls conducted in 2020 generally showed Biden leading Trump nationally in general election matchups with the former vice president s advantage often extending beyond that of the survey s margin of sampling error 164 165 166 On July 4 Politico reported that Biden was leading Trump by double digits in recent polls 167 In late July a Washington Post ABC News poll showed Biden s double digit lead holding 168 A national poll conducted in early August showed Biden leading by three percent 169 An Iowa poll showed Trump leading Biden by 48 to 45 which is six percentage points less than Trump won the state with in 2016 170 Three national polls released August 13 17 show Biden polling ahead of Trump Fox News has him leading Trump 49 42 171 NBC Wall Street Journal has him leading 50 41 172 and Washington Post ABC News has him 53 41 173 A Pew Research Center showed similar results but found that a majority of participants believed that Trump would win 174 A Washington Post ABC News poll taken in late September showed Biden and Harris s lead to be 53 43 175 An NBC News Wall Street Journal poll conducted September 30 October 1 after the presidential debate but before Trump s announcement of his COVID 19 diagnosis has Biden leading 53 39 176 177 On October 7 a CNN poll showed Biden leading 57 41 178 and a week later Opinium Research The Guardian showed him leading 57 40 179 As of October 13 Biden consistently led in poll averages by several or more points for over 100 days as compared to the last four presidential elections 179 Biden led 54 42 in a CNN poll of October 28 its polling director pointed out that Although the election will ultimately be decided by the statewide results which drive the Electoral College Biden s lead nationally is wider than any presidential candidate has held in more than two decades in the final days of the campaign 180 Odds of winning edit In late September FiveThirtyEight put Biden s odds of winning at nearly 77 and specifically predicted that he would win 352 electoral votes 181 His popularity rose in early October and by October 13 FiveThirtyEight had increased its odds of Biden winning the election to 87 This calculation remained the same through October 26 when it began to rise again reaching 90 on October 30 182 Questions about inappropriate physical contact editBiden has been accused several times of inappropriate non sexual contact such as embracing kissing and other forms of physical contact 183 184 He has described himself as a tactile politician and admitted this behavior has caused trouble for him in the past 185 By 2015 a series of swearings in and other events at which Biden had placed his hands on people and talked closely to them attracted attention both in the press and on social media 186 187 188 Various people defended Biden including a senator who issued a statement 189 as well as Stephanie Carter a woman whose photograph with Biden had gone viral who described the photo as misleadingly extracted from what was a longer moment between close friends 190 In March 2019 former Nevada assemblywoman Lucy Flores alleged that Biden had touched her without her consent at a 2014 campaign rally in Las Vegas In an op ed Flores wrote that Biden had walked up behind her put his hands on her shoulders smelled her hair and kissed the back of her head adding that the way he touched her was an intimate way reserved for close friends family or romantic partners and I felt powerless to do anything about it 191 Biden s spokesman said Biden did not recall the behavior described 192 Two days later Amy Lappos a former congressional aide to Jim Himes said Biden touched her in a non sexual but inappropriate way by holding her head to rub noses with her at a political fundraiser in Greenwich in 2009 193 The next day two more women came forward with allegations of unwanted touching claiming that he touched a woman s leg during a meeting and that he placed his hand on a woman s back during a photo 194 195 In early April 2019 three women told The Washington Post Biden had touched them in ways that made them feel uncomfortable 196 Also in April 2019 former Biden staffer Tara Reade said she had felt uncomfortable on several occasions when Biden touched her on her shoulder and neck during her employment in his Senate office in 1993 197 In March 2020 Reade accused him of a 1993 sexual assault 198 There were inconsistencies between Reade s 2019 and 2020 allegations 199 Biden and his campaign vehemently denied the allegation 200 201 The New York Times investigated and found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr Biden 198 Biden apologized for not understanding how people would react to his actions but said his intentions were honorable and that he would be more mindful of people s personal space He went on to say he was not sorry for anything he had ever done which led critics to accuse him of sending a mixed message 202 Arwa Mahdawi of The Guardian said it was frustrating to see conservatives weaponize the accusations against Biden but that it was also frustrating to see so many liberals turn a blind eye 203 Endorsements editMain article List of Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign endorsements As tracked by FiveThirtyEight Biden received the most support from prominent members of the Democratic Party out of all Democratic candidates in the 2020 presidential election after many settled for Biden Sanders popularity was dropping in the polls and many wanted Joe Biden rather than Bernie Sanders 204 Biden received endorsements from 12 former candidates in the 2020 race including Bernie Sanders 205 Pete Buttigieg Michael Bloomberg Tulsi Gabbard Amy Klobuchar Kamala Harris Cory Booker Beto O Rourke Andrew Yang and others 206 On April 14 2020 after Biden was the only remaining major candidate for the Democratic nomination former president Barack Obama under whom Biden served as vice president endorsed him 207 On April 27 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi endorsed him 208 On April 28 Biden received the endorsement of former 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton whose election loss had inspired his 2020 candidacy 209 Biden increasingly attracted Republican support away from their party s incumbent leader Donald Trump On August 17 an ad from Republican Voters Against Trump aired featuring Miles Taylor former chief of staff to former homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Taylor concludes in the ad Given what I experienced in the Trump administration I have to support Joe Biden for president 210 In late August a movement called Republicans for Biden was launched with sponsorship by 25 former Republican congresspeople 211 and Politico reported that Several dozen former staffers from Sen Mitt Romney s R Utah presidential campaign the George W Bush administration and the campaign and Senate staff of former Sen John McCain R Ariz have signed on to an effort to elect Joe Biden 212 By early September over 175 current and former law enforcement officials had endorsed Biden 213 In September 2020 Scientific American announced its endorsement of Biden for president This was the first time the magazine had endorsed a presidential candidate in the almost 200 years that it has been in print The magazine s endorsement read The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U S and its people because he rejects evidence and science The most devastating example is his dishonest and inept response to the COVID 19 pandemic which cost more than 190 000 Americans their lives by the middle of September He has also attacked environmental protections medical care and the researchers and public science agencies that help this country prepare for its greatest challenges That is why we urge you to vote for Joe Biden who is offering fact based plans to protect our health our economy and the environment These and other proposals he has put forth can set the country back on course for a safer more prosperous and more equitable future 214 In October the New England Journal of Medicine the oldest and considered to be the world s most prestigious medical journal published an editorial which condemned the Trump administration s handling of the coronavirus pandemic saying that they have taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy This is the first time in the journal s history that they have supported or condemned a political candidate 215 A week later the science journal Nature also endorsed Biden 216 In October 780 retired generals admirals senior noncommissioned officers ambassadors and senior national security officials signed a letter endorsing Biden 217 On October 25 the conservative leaning New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed Biden the first Democratic presidential candidate the paper had endorsed in over 100 years 218 Political positions editMain article Political positions of Joe Biden Although generally referred to as a moderate Biden has declared himself as the candidate with the most progressive record 219 Abortion edit On May 21 2019 a Biden campaign aide told the Associated Press that Biden would support immediate federal legislation codifying Roe v Wade into statute 220 On June 5 2019 the Biden campaign confirmed to NBC News that Biden still supports the Hyde Amendment something no other Democratic presidential candidate came out in support of Biden s campaign also told NBC News that Biden would be open to repealing the Hyde Amendment if abortion access protections currently under Roe v Wade were threatened 221 On June 6 2019 Biden at the Democratic National Committee s African American Leadership Council Summit in Atlanta Georgia said he now supports repealing the Hyde Amendment crediting his change in position in part to recent efforts by Republicans passing anti abortion state laws which he called extreme laws Also at the summit he focused on economic inequality for African Americans education access criminal justice reform healthcare and voter suppression in the south 222 223 Cannabis edit Biden supports the decriminalization but not legalization of recreational cannabis usage Biden said he believes no one should be in jail because of cannabis use As president he would decriminalize cannabis use and automatically expunge prior convictions 224 225 226 He supports the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes leaving decisions regarding legalization for recreational use up to the states and recategorizing cannabis as a Schedule II drug so researchers can study its impacts Every other Democratic presidential candidate supported the full federal legalization of cannabis with the exception of Michael Bloomberg Steve Bullock and Joe Sestak 227 228 Capital punishment edit On June 20 2019 following the first federal death sentence since 2003 Biden came out against capital punishment supporting the repeal of both federal and state level death sentence statutes He argued that with the death penalty there is a risk of executing a wrongfully convicted person Biden had previously supported capital punishment 229 230 Education edit In 2018 Biden said he supported a universal pre kindergarten program 231 He unveiled a higher education plan in October 2019 which includes two years of guaranteed free community college or other training and cuts to student loan obligations Unlike some of his rivals he initially did not support four years of free college tuition 232 but later reversed this for students of families whose income is less than 125 000 as well as allowing student loan debts to default during bankruptcy 82 Although the Obama administration promoted charter schools Biden criticized some charter schools for funneling money away from public schools in a May 2019 speech and said that he opposes federal funds for profit charter schools 233 Environment edit On June 4 2019 the Biden campaign released a 1 7 trillion climate plan that embraced the framework of the Green New Deal 234 The plan called for the US to reach net zero emissions by 2050 or earlier and help coal workers to transition into jobs created from a clean energy economy Biden supports the development of carbon capture and storage and small modular reactors to reduce emissions 235 On September 4 2019 during a CNN climate change town hall Biden said he does not support banning fracking for natural gas distancing himself from some of his Democratic presidential rivals but said he would ban new fracking permits and evaluate existing ones to determine their safety 236 Health edit On July 16 2019 Biden called for additional funding to construct rural hospitals increase telehealth services in rural communities and provide incentives for doctors to practice in rural areas also known as medical deserts in the United States 237 On April 29 2019 Biden came out in favor of a public option for health insurance and outlawing non compete clauses for low wage workers 238 Immigration edit On July 5 2019 Biden told CNN he did not support decriminalizing illegal entry into the United States a position that puts him at odds with many of his 2020 Democratic rivals 239 He released a plan to reform the immigration system in December 2019 which includes a reversal of the Trump administration s deportation policies a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and expansions in work visas and refugee admissions 240 Infrastructure edit Biden released his infrastructure plan on November 14 2019 calling for investments of 1 3 trillion on infrastructure overhaul The plan involves investments in the restoration of roads bridges and highways encouraging greater adoption of rail transport and electric vehicles It also includes water pipe replacements increases in broadband coverage and updates to schools 241 LGBTQ issues edit On June 1 2019 Biden gave a keynote address to hundreds of activists and donors at the Human Rights Campaign s annual Ohio gala He declared his top legislative priority was passing the Equality Act He attacked Donald Trump for banning transgender troops in the U S military allowing individuals in the medical field to deny treating LGBTQ individuals and allowing homeless shelters to deny transgender occupants 242 On May 6 2020 the Human Rights Campaign endorsed Biden 243 Race relations edit While at a fundraiser on June 18 2019 Biden said one of his greatest strengths was bringing people together and pointed to his relationships with senators James Eastland and Herman Talmadge two segregationists as examples While imitating a Southern drawl Biden remarked I was in a caucus with James O Eastland He never called me boy he always called me son 244 245 Biden s Democratic opponents criticized the remarks specifically the use of the word boy 245 In response Biden said that he was not meaning to use the term boy in its derogatory racial context 246 During the first Democratic presidential debate Kamala Harris criticized Biden for his comments regarding his past work with segregationist senators and his past opposition to desegregation busing which had allowed black children like her to attend integrated schools 247 Biden was widely criticized for his debate performance and support for him dropped 10 points 248 249 250 President Trump defended Biden saying Harris was given too much credit for her debate with Biden 251 In May 2020 during an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show that CBS News described as contentious Biden remarked If you have a problem figuring out whether you re for me or Trump then you ain t black 252 253 254 255 He later apologized for his remarks 256 Welfare edit On June 17 2019 Biden appeared at the Poor People s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington D C to discuss proposals for the funding of poverty alleviation programs At a fundraiser in New York the next day while on the topic of raising wealthy donors taxes to get his legislative goals passed he reassured wealthy donors that he would not demonize the rich and said no one s standard of living will change nothing would fundamentally change 257 Trump Ukraine scandal editMain articles Trump Ukraine scandal and Biden Ukraine conspiracy theory In 2019 Trump allegedly attempted to coerce Ukraine and other foreign countries to investigate Joe Biden s son Hunter Trump enlisted surrogates within and outside his official administration including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr to pressure Ukraine and other foreign governments to cooperate in supporting conspiracy theories concerning American politics 258 259 260 Trump blocked but later released payment of a congressionally mandated 391 million military aid package to allegedly obtain quid pro quo cooperation from Volodymyr Zelenskyy the President of Ukraine A number of contacts were established between the White House and the government of Ukraine culminating in a phone call between Trump and Zelenskyy on July 25 2019 258 261 The scandal resulted in Trump s impeachment on charges of abusing the power of his office and obstructing Congress 262 and his ultimate acquittal by the Senate 263 At the time no evidence had been produced of any wrongdoing by the Bidens 264 In October 2019 CNN refused to run an ad for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign saying it includes false claims against Biden 265 Fox News refused to stop airing a Trump campaign ad that allegedly lied about Biden after his campaign asked them to stop running the ad 266 Hunter Biden laptop edit Main article Hunter Biden laptop controversy On October 14 2020 the New York Post a conservative daily tabloid newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch s News Corp ran a story showing a screenshot of an alleged email from a top adviser to Ukrainian energy company Burisma to Biden s son Hunter thanking him for the supposed opportunity to meet his father The article alleges that this supports claims that Biden used his political power to benefit his son Hunter in business dealings with Ukraine 267 The Post s source was Trump s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani who says he got the data from the hard drive of a laptop allegedly dropped off at a repair shop in April 2019 267 The shop owner John Mac Isaac said he initially turned the laptop over to the FBI and later shared a copy of the data with Giuliani CBS reported that they held a lengthy interview with Mac Isaac in which he frequently contradicted himself raising questions about his truthfulness 268 269 Social media platforms swiftly responded by controlling how the article could be shared Facebook by including a fact checking statement and Twitter by preventing links to the story on the basis of its containing hacked material Republican politicians accused these platforms of censorship renewing calls for reform of Section 230 Trump suggested that disclosures in the emails should disqualify Biden from the presidency Biden s campaign and those associated with him portrayed the article s allegations as false saying that no such meeting ever happened 267 270 Former U S intelligence officials warned the White 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