United States presidential election, July 2020

United States presidential election, July 2020

July 7-13, 2020
26 members of the Electoral College 14 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout	61.9%
Nominee Lyndon Garland Trash Jack Coulter Party American Liberal Coalition Socialist Party Libertarian Party Home state Northern State Dixie Northern State Running mate Cabin Politophile April Electoral vote 12 9 5 States carried 2 (plus DC) 1 0 Popular vote 49.69% 21.44% 28.55%
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Garland/Cabin and red denotes those won by Trash/Politophile.
President before election Valerie Libertarian Party Elected President Lyndon Garland American Liberal Coalition

The United States presidential election of July 2020, held between July 7, 2020 and July 13, 2020, was the eigth U.S. presidential election.

Nominations

Libertarian Party

Primary Process

Three politicians put themselves forward for the Libertarian nomination. After the nominations were over, a debate period began, and a vote using ranked-choice voting followed. Jack Coulter swept the primary vote with 66.6% of the vote.

Nominees

Libertarian Party ticket
Jack Coulter	April
for President	for Vice President
Senator and Northern Lieutenant Governor	Former Senate PPT
Platform

Candidates

Candidates in this section are sorted by the percentage of votes recieved in the primary
Jack Coulter	Mike Smith	System Jones
Lieutenant Governor of the Northern State (June 8, 2020 - July 13, 2020	Former Representative from Dixie (November 7, 2020 – January 11, 2020)	Former Vice President (February 2019 - March 2019)
66.6% of the vote	26.6% of the vote	6.6% of the vote

American Liberal Coalition

Primary Process

The ALC primary originally had 2 candidates vying for the nomination. However, Dallas's run was ended after her expulsion from the party following the JAPL Scandal. This left Garland able to take the nomination unopposed.

Nominees

American Liberal Coalition ticket
Lyndon Garland	Cabin Fever
for President	for Vice President
Governor of the North	Vice President
Platform

Candidates

Candidates in this section are sorted by the percentage of votes recieved in the primary
Lyndon Garland	Dallas
Governor of the Northern State (June 8, 2020 - July 13, 2020	Former Representative from Jefferson (June 13, 2020 – July 11, 2020)
Unopposed	Withdrew

Socialist Party

Primary Process

The Socialist Party did not run a primary, as Trash ran unopposed.

Nominees

Socialist Party ticket
Trash	Politophile
for President	for Vice President
Senator	Former President
Platform

Candidates

Candidates in this section are sorted by the percentage of votes recieved in the primary
Trash
Senator from Dixie (March 20, 2020 - present)
Unopposed

Opinion Polls

Multiple organizations carried out opinion polls leading up to the election. Most notable of these were The Public Record and The Archivist.

Race	Poll model	Lyndon Garland ALC	Jack Coulter Libertarian	Trash Socialist	Leading by (points)
Two-way	The Public Record	47.5%	52.5%	Not polled	5
Three-way	The Archivist	44.4%	27.7%	27.7%	16.7
	The Public Record	38.5%	41%	17.9%	2.5

Campaign

Campaign finance

Candidate	Grassroots			Party and outside groups			Total raised	Total spent	Total cash on hand
	Money raised	Money spent	Cash on hand	Money raised	Money spent	Cash on hand
Lyndon Garland	$100,000	$100,000	$0	$190,000	$190,000	$0	$290,000	$290,000	$0
Jack Coulter	$100,000	$100,000	$0	$80,000	$70,000	$10,000	$180,000	$170,000	$10,000
Trash	$100,000	$100,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$100,000	$100,000	$0

Campaign spending by state

Candidate	North	Dixie	Jefferson	DC	Total spending
Lyndon Garland	$90,000	$60,000	$90,000	$50,000	$290,000
Jack Coulter	$40,000	$50,000	$80,000	$0	$170,000
Trash	$0	$100,000	$0	$0	$100,000

Results

12	5	9
Garland	Coulter	Trash

Distribution of Electoral College votes between the candidates

Overview

Presidential Candidate	Party	Home State	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote	Running Mate
					Vice-Presidential Candidate	Party	Home State	Electoral Vote
Lyndon Garland	ALC	North	49.69%	12	Cabin Fever	Independent	North	12
Jack Coulter	Libertarian Party	North	28.55%	5	April	Libertarian Party	Jefferson	5
Trash	Socialist Party	Dixie	21.44%	9	Politophile	Socialist Party	Dixie	9
Total			100%	26				26
Needed to win				14				14

Distribution of the Popular Vote between the candidates

Results by state

	Garland/Cabin		Coulter/April		Trash/Politophile		Total Electoral Vote
State	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote
North	62.89%	5	22.34%	2	14.79%	1	8
Dixie	30.83%	-	30.59%	-	36.56%	7	7
Jefferson	49.39%	4	35.30%	3	15.30%	1	8
DC	78.79%	3	13.64%	0	7.58%	0	3
Total	12		5		9		26