National Races

U.S. President & Vice President

Democratic Ticket

Former Vice President Joe Biden was selected as President Barack Obama’s running mate in the 2008 election, and then served as Obama’s vice president for two terms. Before that, he served as a U.S. Senator for Delaware and was first elected in 1972. Biden, 77, was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He would be the oldest president in U.S. history, if elected. Biden launched his presidential campaign in April 2019 after consistent speculation about his potential candidacy following his years as vice president. Though the campaign started off slow in the primaries, strong performances in South Carolina and the Super Tuesday primaries helped Biden secure the nomination.

Biden said he wants to offer free COVID-19 testing to all Americans, repeal President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, expand Obamacare, reform policing, codify Roe v. Wade into federal law and invest in green energy. He teamed up with former rival U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and others to propose a plan to combat climate change and has proposed broad student loan forgiveness.

Sen. Kamala Harris, Biden’s running mate, has served as a U.S Senator for California since she was elected in 2016. She previously served as the attorney general of California and the district attorney of San Francisco. Harris, 55, was born in Oakland, California. She would be the first woman to serve as vice president, if elected. Harris was also the second Black woman and first South Asian American to serve in the U.S. Senate. In her time as a senator, she advocated for healthcare reform, descheduling cannabis at the federal level, increasing paths to citizenship for immigrants and an assault weapons ban. She has also expressed a desire to address our nation’s mental health crisis. Harris previously ran for president, but suspended her campaign in December 2019.

U.S. President & Vice President

Republican Ticket

President Donald Trump, a Republican, has served as president of the United States since his inauguration in January 2017, after defeating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Prior to his tenure as president, Trump hadn’t held an elected office. He was previously a businessman and television personality. Trump, 74, is from New York City. He had no major opposition in the 2020 Republican primaries. Trump, who contracted COVID-19 in October, opposes a national mask mandate, and has given states increased control over handling of the global pandemic. Trump has touted the developments of therapeutic drugs such as Regeneron and Hydroxychloroquine. He also said a vaccine would be available by the 2020 presidential election, although members of his administration have stated that the vaccine will likely not be available until a later date. Trump says if re-elected, he will continue to further diplomatic interests in the Middle East. In recent years, the Trump administration has established normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Bahrain.

Early in his presidency, Trump began a trade war against China and put large tariffs in place, some of which have been rolled back. He also supported GOP tax cuts in 2017. He opposes Obamacare and is currently supporting a case before the Supreme Court to overturn the law.

Vice President Mike Pence is Trump’s running mate for a second term. Pence, 61, served as the governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017. Before that, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives. In his time as vice president, he has also served as the chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Pence has described himself as, "a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order," and is a supporter of the Tea Party movement. He supports overturning Roe v. Wade and has sought to defund Planned Parenthood. Pence opposes same-sex marriage, has voted against Obamacare, is a proponent of a flat federal tax rate and opposes raising the minimum wage.

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Libertarian Ticket

Born in Libertyville, Illinois, Jo Jorgensen officially joined the Libertarian Party in 1983. Jorgensen earned a bachelor’s of science in psychology at Baylor University, an MBA at Southern Methodist University and her doctoral degree in industrial/organizational psychology at Clemson University. Jorgensen has campaigned as a part of the Libertarian party in 38 states, running as a congressional candidate in South Carolina in 1992 and for vice president of the United States in 1996 alongside the Libertarian presidential nominee. Jorgensen and Cohen’s ticket platform includes reducing regulations so that medicine, testing and treatment can get to those affected by COVID-19 in addition to reforming the federal government to reduce the United States’ incarceration rate. The platform also wants to preserve and save Social Security, remove the government from the student loan business, force higher education to offer affordable programs, and end the Department of Education and state education regulations to allow public schools to innovate. Additionally, their platform aims to cut government spending to lower taxes, make healthcare more affordable and replace coal and oil power plants with clean energy alternatives. Their platform also wants to end government shutdowns, remove barriers to job creation so that people can work and keep the United States out of foreign conflict. They support a free and open immigration policy.

Jeremy "Spike" Cohen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, is the co-owner of Muddied Waters Media, a podcast platform that millions tune in to. Cohen hosts two live programs a week and has talked to many people from all parts of the political spectrum. He’s said he is convinced that both Democrats and Republicans have failed the country.

U.S. President & Vice President

Green Party Ticket

Howie Hawkins is one of the original Green party members in the United States and has run for multiple political offices as its candidate, including governor of New York. He is also the original "Green New Dealer," as he was the first U.S. candidate to campaign for a Green New Deal in 2010. Howie has spent his life as an organizer for peace, justice, union and environmental campaigns. He has written articles on politics, economics and the environment and has appeared in publications such as the International Socialist Review.

Hawkins and Walker’s ticket platform includes Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, which is a plan to deliver clean energy. The platform also wants police departments subject to community control and investigation. Additionally, the platform includes legalizing marijuana, reducing the military budget and ending the War on Drugs. Other desires include increasing the minimum wage, building sustainable agriculture and food systems and sending COVID-19 relief that puts the working class first.

An independent socialist, Angela Walker is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has worked as an activist and organizer. At the University of North Florida, Walker studied history. She has been involved in demonstrations such as protesting the war in Iraq as well as defending unions. Additionally, she was appointed as legislative director for the Amalgamated

Transit Union Local 998 in Milwaukee. Angela is an advocate for the rights of Black, Brown and Indigenous people, the LGBTQ community, labor and the Earth.