2020 United States presidential election

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The 2020 United States presidential election was a highly contentious national vote in which Democratic nominee Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump amid record turnout and extensive mail-in voting.

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instanceOf United States presidential election
political event
campaignContext held during the COVID-19 pandemic
characteristic extensive mail-in voting
highly contentious
record voter turnout
country United States of America
surface form: United States
democraticRunningMate Kamala Harris
electionDate 2020-11-03
electionYear 2020
electoralCollegeMajorityRequired 270
electoralCollegeVoteDate 2020-12-14
electoralVoteLoser 232
electoralVoteWinner 306
followedBy 2024 United States presidential election
follows 2016 United States presidential election
incumbentBeforeElection Donald Trump
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Republican Party
involvedEvent attempts to overturn the election results
false claims of widespread voter fraud
multiple post-election lawsuits
involvedInstitution United States Congress
Electoral College
surface form: United States Electoral College

state election authorities
jurisdiction 50 U.S. states
District of Columbia
loser Donald Trump
mainDemocraticNominee Joe Biden
mainRepublicanNominee Donald Trump
majorIssue COVID-19 pandemic
climate change
economy
health care
racial justice
notableFeature delayed final results in some states
widespread use of absentee ballots
widespread use of early voting
officeContested President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
partOf United States presidential election
surface form: United States presidential elections
popularVoteLoser Donald Trump
popularVoteMargin about 7 million votes
popularVotePercentageLoser about 46.8%
popularVotePercentageWinner about 51.3%
popularVoteWinner Joe Biden
presidentAfterElection Joe Biden
republicanRunningMate Mike Pence
resultCertifiedOn 2021-01-06
runningMateOfMainOpponent Mike Pence
runningMateOfWinner Kamala Harris
totalVotesCast over 158 million
vicePresidentAfterElection Kamala Harris
voterTurnout about 66.8% of eligible voters
winner Joe Biden
winningParty Democratic Party

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Donald candidateIn 2020 United States presidential election
subject surface form: Donald Trump
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this entity surface form: 2020 United States presidential election campaign
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The Chief's Chief settingTime 2020 United States presidential election
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subject surface form: Kamala Harris
first impeachment of Donald Trump relatedTo 2020 United States presidential election
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2020–2021 United States presidential transition followsElection 2020 United States presidential election
2020–2021 United States presidential transition includesEvent 2020 United States presidential election
this entity surface form: 2021 United States Electoral College vote count
William F. Weld candidateInElection 2020 United States presidential election
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