26 Facts About 2020 United States presidential election

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The election took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic and related recession.

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The 2020 United States presidential election saw the highest voter turnout by percentage since 1900, with each of the two main tickets receiving more than 74 million votes, surpassing Barack Obama's record of 69.

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Central issues of the 2020 United States presidential election included the public health and economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; civil unrest in reaction to the police murder of George Floyd and others; the Supreme Court following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett; and the future of the Affordable Care Act.

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Federal agencies overseeing 2020 United States presidential election security said it was the most secure in American history.

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Article Two of the United States Constitution states that for a person to serve as president, the individual must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years old, and have been a United States resident for at least 14 years.

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The general 2020 United States presidential election in November is an indirect 2020 United States presidential election, in which voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the Electoral College; these electors then directly elect the president and vice president.

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The presidential election occurred simultaneously alongside elections for the House of Representatives, the Senate, and various state and local-level elections.

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Presidential election occurred simultaneously with elections to the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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Howie Hawkins became the presumptive nominee of the Green Party on June 21,2020 United States presidential election, and was officially nominated by the party on July 11,2020 United States presidential election.

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On June 24,2020 United States presidential election, it was announced that the convention would be held in a mixed online-in person format, with most delegates attending remotely but a few still attending the physical convention site.

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Government officials and American corporate security officers braced for a repeat of 2016's 2020 United States presidential election infrastructure hacking and similar twenty-first century attacks, and in fact conducted what were characterized as preemptive counter-strikes on botnet infrastructure which might be used in large-scale coordination of hacking, and some incidents earlier in the year appeared to foreshadow such possibilities.

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Experts have indicated that, for the 2020 United States presidential election to be legally delayed, such a decision must be made by Congress.

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In October 2020, there was speculation that the election might be decided through a Supreme Court case, as happened following the 2000 election.

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Vice presidential debate was held on October 7,2020, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

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The 2020 United States presidential election saw the highest voter turnout as a percentage of eligible voters since 1900, with each of the two main tickets receiving more than 74 million votes, surpassing Barack Obama's record of 69.

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Almost all counties previously considered reliable indicators of eventual success in presidential elections voted for Trump instead of Biden, meaning that they did not continue their streaks as bellwether counties.

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On November 6,2020 United States presidential election-calling organization Decision Desk HQ projected that Biden had won the 2020 United States presidential election after forecasting that Biden had won Pennsylvania.

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The uncertainty caused by late legal challenges and evidence-deficient claims about 2020 United States presidential election fraud created confusion and concern among 2020 United States presidential election officials and voters.

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Voter demographic data for 2020 were collected by Edison Research for the National Election Pool, a consortium of ABC News, CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, and the Associated Press.

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Post-2020 United States presidential election analysis using verified voter data found the Associated Press's Votecast was more accurate than the exit polls.

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Pre- and post-2020 United States presidential election surveys showed Biden winning Latinos of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Spanish heritage, while Trump carried Latinos of Cuban heritage.

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That judge noted the official complaint did not state "why", "when, where, or by whom" an 2020 United States presidential election observer was allegedly blocked from observing ballot-counting in Michigan.

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At that point, Georgia had not seen "any widespread irregularities" in this 2020 United States presidential election, according to the voting system manager of the state, Gabriel Sterling.

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Protests against Trump's challenges to the 2020 United States presidential election results occurred in Minneapolis, Portland, New York, and other cities.

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On December 2, Trump posted a 46-minute video to his social media in which he repeated his baseless claims that the 2020 United States presidential election was "rigged" and fraudulent and called for either the state legislatures or the courts to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election and allow him to stay in office.

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On January 4,2021, Democratic congressional leaders, believing Trump "engaged in solicitation of, or conspiracy to commit, a number of 2020 United States presidential election crimes", requested the FBI to investigate the incident.

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