2020 Election

Decision 2020 A Buildup To The Election

— Ryan Ulrich, Sports and News Editor Donald Trump has re-secured his nomination — McCartney Fix, Co-Sports and Co-News Editor on the 2020 republican presidential ticket.The parties. incumbent president experienced a rocky, Joe Biden has officially accepted the the world face an unprecedented pandemic Democratic Party’s nomination for the while the country at large coped with issues of presidency. systemic racism and police brutality. After a hard fought campaign that saw the The aforementioned factors, compounded former Vice President stumble out of the with the President’s divisive rhetoric, and caucus gate with decisive losses in New poor voter outreach in minority communities Hampshire, Vermont, and Nevada, Biden have resulted in subpar polling numbers. orchestrated a masterful Super Tuesday turn Trump currently trails his democratic around bolstered by a coalition of fellow challenger, Joe Biden, by a relatively moderates dropping out of the race and significant margin. Trump, however, seems endorsing him. unfazed by the hit he’s taken in the polls. He’s The veteran senator from Delaware optingto run a plea rich campaign, heavy on delivered his acceptance speech on the harsh, opponent centered attacks, similar to final night of the Democratic National that of his 2016 effort, which saw him upset Convention, making an impassioned plea the heavily favored Hillary Clinton. for the unification of America in the face These closely held and heavily campaigned of heightened racial tensions and economic upon promises and vitriolic attacks came instability. through with force, as the sitting president “It’s time for us, for We the People, to Photo sourced from creativecommons.org implored voters to envision a Biden lead come together.” said Biden. “For make no President Trump and Vice America. mistake. United we can, and will, overcome this season of darkness in America.” President Pence discussing agenda. “Joe Biden is not a savior of America’s soul,” Trump said. “He is the destroyer of America’s The speech kept in tone with an evening jobs and, if given the chance, he will be the designed to pitch Biden as a political moderate destroyer of American greatness.” with experience reaching over the aisle, an In the same convention that saw Donald alternative to the harsly partisan Trump Trump deliver a characteristically fiery administration. speech aimed at his opponents, much to Kamala Harris has officially been selected the delight of those in attendance, Mike as Joe Biden’s vice president for the 2020 Pence, his running mate, delivered a election.The US Senator and former speech so opposite in both content and Attorney General for California entered cadence one may well have assumed they into the Democratic primary race as a harsh shared no connection. Pence cultivated his critic of the former VP, before softening her particular image much in the same way tone as it became clear her candidacy was Trump did, through the way he carries on the out and out, and Biden’s was on the himself. While Trump speaks with a nonup and up. existent filter, choosing to present himself Analysts became particularly keen on as an honest, everyman type, Pence Harris as a vice presidential possibility represents the perfectly groomed, clean when Biden announced his intention to Photo sourced from creativecommons.org shaven conservative he’s so clearly tasked select a woman of color as his running mate. Former Vice President Joe Biden, with attracting. This isolated dichotomy Her acceptance of the nomination marks an impressive number of firsts in the history of the two party politics, as she becomes and running mate Kamala Harris discussing agenda. has created a fine tuned republican ticket, lacking in racial diversity and bipartisan carry, but with just enough inner party the first woman and person of color to find diversity to appeal to all prospective her name on the ballot of either of the major republican voters. and turmoil fueled first four years that saw