2020 Torisakia Federal Election

2020 Torisakia Federal Election

October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)
All 220 constituencies of Torisakia 111 votes needed to win
Nominee Doug McDowell Todd Gould Steve Harnois Party New Democratic Conservative Liberal Home state Dorrsville Douglas-La Pryor Tokai Running mate Brian Soto Dane Kelley Dawn Olsen   Nominee Ronald Bartlett Charlene Ogara Sharon Holm Party Greens Reform Modern Whig Home state Presidents City East Lake Ogino Running mate Josephine Brown Jack Grosso Rosaura Sherburne
Map of constituencies in Torisakia (including Gonzalez Isle and Happiness Island)
President before election Doug McDowell New Democratic Elected President TBD

The 2020 Torisakia Federal Election is scheduled for October 13, 2020. It will be the 48th quadrennial presidential election and the 13th of the Democracy era. Voters will elect the president and vice president directly using the first-past-the-post method. The candidate with the most votes in a constituency is declared to have 'won' that constituency and is awarded it. The first candidate to win a majority of the constituencies is elected president. A series of presidential primary elections and caucuses were held from January to June 2020. The nominating process is a direct election, where voters cast ballots selecting the nominee for a respective party directly through popular vote.

Incumbent president Doug McDowell faced little opposition en route to secuing the New Democratic nomination. At the end of the runoff elections for the New Democratic Party, McDowell won a landslide victory over Brian Soto, whom he named is running mate shortly afterwards, by nearly 79,000 votes. Todd Gould received significant opposition from Ben Sewell in the early stages of the Conservative Party nomination, but managed to pull away by the third runoff election to secure the nomination. The Liberal Party race was much closer, with Steve Harnois beating out Del Turley by only 227 total votes to receive the nomination. The Green Party of Torisakia had a closer race as well, with Ronald Bartlett securing the nomination over Ben Stitt by 558 votes. Reform Party nominee Charlene Ogara and Modern Whig Party nominee Sharon Holm won their respective parties without much opposition.

The winner of the 2020 Torisakia Federal Election is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 4, 2021.

Background

Procedure

Article Two of the Torisakia Constitution states that for a person to serve as president, the individual must be a natural-born Torisakian citizen, at least 35 years old, and a Torisakia resident for at least 10 years. Candidates typically seek nomination from the various political parties of Torisakia, which is typically conducted under a three-stage runoff election. Each stage is a direct election where voters choose the candidate of their choice. The first stage typically consists of all the candidates within a specific party. The top three candidates with the most votes move on to the second stage, where another vote is held. The top two candidates then move on to the third stage, where the winner of that election is named the nominee. The presidential nominee typically chooses a running mate to form that party's ticket. The general election in October is also a direct election, with each nominee receiving constituencies based on the popular vote. If a nominee receives the majority of votes in a constituency is said to have 'won' said city-district and is awarded it. The candidate with the most constituencies is declared the winner of the election and is formally President of Torisakia. Despite the majority of constituencies needed to win being 111, it is not a requirement to win the election. Depending on how many nominees are on the ballot, the majority needed to win may change. However, if a candidates does receive 111 votes, they automatically win the election regardless of how many nominees are on the ballot.

The Fifteenth Amendment states that an individual cannot be elected to the presidency or serve as President more than twice. This prohibits former presidents Adrian La-Pryor, Kian Logan, Steven Douglas, and Johnson Crandall from being elected president again. Former president Rosalind Dupond, having only served roughly half of her first term, would normally be allowed to be elected president again. However, Article Two of the Torisakia Consitution prohibits any president that has been removed from office via impeachment from serving as president again. Therefore, because Dupond was removed from office in 2016 via impeachment, she is not allowed to run for president again.

Demographic trends

The age group of what will then be people in the 18-to-45-year-old age bracket is expected to represent roughly 44% of the eligible voters in Torisakia in 2020. It is estimated that about 6% of eligible Torisakians will be first-time voters.

A multipartisan report indicates that the voter turnout from Gonzalez Islanders could quadruple in 2020. This follows the official ending of the Gonzalez Isle Civil War in 2019. While Gonzalez Islanders have been eligible to vote in Torisakia since 1949 with the signing of the Citizenship Act, the voter turnout was low in the 2016 election, possibly due to the onslaught of the Gonzalez Isle Civil War, which started in March of that year. The report has also indicated that the turnout of non-white Torisakians to be double that of 2016.

Nominations

Conservative Party nomination

Nominee

2020 Conservative Party ticket
Todd Gould	Dane Kelly
for President	for Vice President
45th Governor of Douglas-La Pryor (2012-present)	Senator from Lancet (2008-present)

Liberal Party nomination

Nominee

2020 Liberal Party ticket
Steve Harnois	Dawn Olsen
for President	for Vice President
Senator from Alderney (2010-present)	Senator from Harter (2014-present)

New Democratic Party nomination

Nominee

2020 New Democratic Party ticket
Doug McDowell	Brian Soto
for President	for Vice President
34th President of Torisakia (2016-present)	Senator from Chamber Hills (2002-present)

Green Party of Torisakia nomination

Nominee

2020 Green Party of Torisakia ticket
Ronald Bartlett	Josephine Brown
for President	for Vice President
51st Governor of Presidents City (2013-present)	Director of Torisakia Environment and Wildlife Association (TEWA) (1998-present)

Other party candidates

Reform Party Nomination

Nominee

2020 Reform Party ticket
Charlene Ogara	Jack Grosso
for President	for Vice President
Senator from Dalhaven (2015-present)	Senator from Fishmarket North (2009-present)

Modern Whig Party Nomination

Nominee

2020 Modern Whig Party ticket
Sharon Holm	Rosaura Sherburne
for President	for Vice President
35th Mayor of Ogino (2012-present)	Senior Professor at The Keystone School