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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name    = 2020 United States general election
| election_name    = 2020 United States general election
| election_date = February 22, 2020
| country          = United States
| country          = United States
| type              = parliamentary
| type              = parliamentary
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<!-- SDP -->
<!-- SDP -->
| image1            = File:Mark Pocan official photo.jpg
| image1            =File:Lt. Gov. John Fetterman Portrait (46874790005) (cropped).jpg
| leader1          = Mark Pocan
| leader1          = John Fetterman
| party1            = Social Democratic Party/Southern Social Democrats
| party1            = Social Democratic Party/Southern Social Democrats
| leader_since1    = March 6, 2017
| leader_since1    = March 6, 2017
| leaders_seat1    = Vandenburg, WI
| leaders_seat1    = Stern, PA
| seats_before1    = 891
| seats_before1    = 891
| seats1            = 783
| seats1            = 783
| seat_change1      = {{decrease}} 108
| seat_change1      = {{decrease}} 108
| popular_vote1    =  73,715,416
| popular_vote1    =  87,718,388
| percentage1      = 39.19%
| percentage1      = 37.43%
| swing1            = {{decrease}} 5.41%
| swing1            = {{decrease}} 5.42%


<!-- DRP -->
<!-- DRP -->
| image2            = File:Mitt Romney official US Senate portrait.jpg
| image2            = File:Mitt Romney official US Senate portrait (cropped and rotated).jpg
| leader2          = Mitt Romney
| leader2          = Mitt Romney
| party2            = Democratic Republican Party
| party2            = Democratic Republican Party
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| title            = Chancellor
| title            = Chancellor
| before_election  = Mark Pocan
| before_election  = John Fetterman
| before_party      = SDP<br/>{{small|(SDP/SSD-GRN Coalition)}}
| before_party      = SDP<br/>{{small|(SDP/SSD-GRN Coalition)}}
| posttitle        = Chancellor
| posttitle        = Chancellor
| after_election    = Mark Pocan
| after_election    = John Fetterman
| after_party      = SDP<br/>{{small|(SDP/SSD-GRN-FFA Coalition)}}
| after_party      = SDP<br/>{{small|(SDP/SSD-GRN-FFA Coalition)}}
}}
}}
The '''2020 United States general election''' was held on February 22, 2020 to elect members of the 53rd Congress of the United States. The election was called following the dissolution of the 52nd Congress elected at the 2015 general election. All 1998 seats of the Congress were up for election.
The second-term SDP-led government was able to enter a historic third-consecutive term by entering into a "Red-Green-Green" coalition with the Greens and Farmers Federation. Without the Farmers Federation, the SDP/SSD-Greens coalition would have been unable to form government as the collective coalition lost a net of 89 seats. Despite this, the SDP/SSD remained the largest parliamentary voting bloc, with a joint 783 seats between them. This was followed by the Democratic Republican Party which saw it's third consecutive election with losses, continuing a decade of losses.
The electoral system in the United States enforces compulsory voting, and uses full-preferential voting for single-member constituency seats with first-past-the-post voting to award at-Large balancing seats. The election was administered by the Federal Electoral Commission.
On election night the result was seen as an aberration as opinion polling had been unable to capture the strong increase in support for non-major parties. Polling had accurately predicted the SDP/SSD would remain the largest party, but had been unable to forecast the full scale of support gained and lost in various states. Opposition Leader Mitt Romney indicated his desire to fight to remain leader of the DRP, but within days a competitive race has emerged to decide the new leader of the DRP. Chancellor John Fetterman indicated he would attempt to form coalition with either the Free Democrats or Farmers, and was able to announce the formation of a coalition six weeks later.
==Results==
[[File:U.S. House of Representatives After 2020.svg|right|thumb|350px|'''Government (1030)'''<br/>
Coalition<br/>
{{Color box|#EB001F|border=darkgray}} Social Democratic Party (657)<br/>
{{Color box|#F09409|border=darkgray}} Southern Social Democrats (126)<br/>
{{Color box|#00A651|border=darkgray}} The Greens (145)<br/>
{{Color box|#006644|border=darkgray}} Farmers Federation (102)<br/>
<br/>
'''Opposition (618)'''<br/>
{{Color box|#0087DC|border=darkgray}} Democratic Republican Party (618)<br/>
<br/>
'''Crossbench (319)''' <br/>
{{Color box|#FFED00|border=darkgray}} Free Democratic Party (154)<br/>
{{Color box|#BE3075|border=darkgray}} Christian Conservative Union (137)<br/>
{{Color box|#AB8300|border=darkgray}} National Freedom Party (33)<br/>
{{Color box|#FF0088|border=darkgray}} Socialist Party (28)<br/>
&nbsp;]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;  margin-bottom:0"
! style="width:200px" colspan=3 rowspan=2| Party
! style="width:70px;" rowspan=2| Votes
! style="width:40px;" rowspan=2| %
! style="width:40px;" rowspan=2| Swing (pp)
! style="width:40px;" colspan=3| Seats
! style="width:40px;" rowspan=2| Change (seats)
|-
! {{abbr|C|Constituency}}
! {{abbr|A|at-Large}}
! {{abbr|T|Total}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | &nbsp;
! colspan="9" style="text-align:left;"| Social Democratic Union
|-
| style="background-color:#EB001F" | &nbsp;
| align=left | Social Democratic Party
| 73,779,189
| 31.48
| −5.26
| 424
| 233
| 657
| {{decrease}} 105
|-
| style="background-color:#F09409" | &nbsp;
| align=left | Southern Social Democrats
| 13,939,199
| 5.95
| −0.16
| 81
| 45
| 126
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Union Total
!style="text-align:right;"| 87,718,388
!style="text-align:right;"| 37.43
!style="text-align:right;"| −5.42
!style="text-align:right;"| 505
!style="text-align:right;"| 278
!style="text-align:right;"| 783
!style="text-align:right;"| {{decrease}} 108
|-
| style="background-color:#0087DC" | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Democratic Republican Party
| 69,031,326
| 29.45
| −2.68
| 365
| 251
| 616
| {{decrease}} 47
|-
| style="background-color:#FFED00" | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Free Democratic Party
| 17,899,640
| 7.64
| +2.30
| 9
| 145
| 154
| {{increase}} 49
|-
| style="background-color:#BE3075" | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Christian Conservative Union
| 17,210,894
| 7.34
| +1.55
| 51
| 86
| 137
| {{increase}} 31
|-
| style="background-color:#00A651" | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| The Greens
| 16,648,502
| 7.10
| +0.61
| 20
| 125
| 145
| {{increase}} 19
|-
| style="background-color:#006644" | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Farmers Federation
| 13,143,201
| 5.61
| +1.23
| 46
| 56
| 102
| {{increase}} 26
|-
| style="background-color:#FF0088" | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Socialist Party
| 6,764,540
| 2.89
| −0.13
| 1
| 27
| 28
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
| style="background-color:#AB8300" | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| National Freedom Party
| 5,952,839
| 2.54
| +2.54
| 2
| 31
| 33
| {{increase}} 33
|-
|colspan=11|
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Turnout ||  234,369,207 || 90.59 || +0.04 ||–||–||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout ||  258,715,972 ||–||–||–||–||–||–
|-
|}
==Background==
==Background==
==Results==
==State of electorates==
==Retiring members==
===Social Democratic===
===Southern Social Democrats===
===Democratic Republican===
===Others===
==Analysis==
==Analysis==
==Election date==
===Constitutional and legal provisions===
==Election timeline==
==Major endorsements==
==Aftermath and Reactions==
===Domestic===

Revision as of 13:37, 4 November 2021

2020 United States general election
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← Members of the 52nd Congress
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All 1998 seats to the United States Congress
1000 seats needed for a majority
Turnout90.59%
  First party Second party Third party
  Lt. Gov. John Fetterman Portrait (46874790005) (cropped).jpg Mitt Romney official US Senate portrait (cropped and rotated).jpg Kyrsten Sinema (cropped).jpg
Leader John Fetterman Mitt Romney Kyrsten Sinema
Party Social Democratic Party/Southern Social Democrats Democratic Republican Party Free Democratic Party U.S.
Leader since March 6, 2017 January 19, 2016 June 20, 2018
Leader's seat Stern, PA Swenson, UT Arizona at-Large
Seats before 891 663 105
Seats won 783 618 154
Seat change Decrease 108 Decrease 45 Increase 49
Popular vote 87,718,388 69,179,636 17,899,640
Percentage 37.43% 29.52% 7.64%
Swing Decrease 5.42% Decrease 2.61% Increase 2.30
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Ted Cruz official 116th portrait.jpg Lynneserpe.jpg JonTester.jpg
Leader Ted Cruz Lynne Serpe Jon Tester
Party Christian Conservative Union Greens Party U.S.A. Farmers Federation
Leader since November 2, 2014 July 2, 2017 August 8, 2013
Leader's seat Texas at-Large New York at-Large Haskell, MT
Seats before 106 126 76
Seats won 137 145 102
Seat change Increase 21 Increase 19 Increase 26
Popular vote 17,210,894 16,648,502 13,143,201
Percentage 7.34% 7.10% 5.61%
Swing Increase 1.55 Increase 0.61 Increase 1.23
Chancellor before election

John Fetterman
[[SDP
(SDP/SSD-GRN Coalition)|SDP
(SDP/SSD-GRN Coalition)]]

Chancellor

John Fetterman
[[SDP
(SDP/SSD-GRN-FFA Coalition)|SDP
(SDP/SSD-GRN-FFA Coalition)]]

The 2020 United States general election was held on February 22, 2020 to elect members of the 53rd Congress of the United States. The election was called following the dissolution of the 52nd Congress elected at the 2015 general election. All 1998 seats of the Congress were up for election.

The second-term SDP-led government was able to enter a historic third-consecutive term by entering into a "Red-Green-Green" coalition with the Greens and Farmers Federation. Without the Farmers Federation, the SDP/SSD-Greens coalition would have been unable to form government as the collective coalition lost a net of 89 seats. Despite this, the SDP/SSD remained the largest parliamentary voting bloc, with a joint 783 seats between them. This was followed by the Democratic Republican Party which saw it's third consecutive election with losses, continuing a decade of losses.

The electoral system in the United States enforces compulsory voting, and uses full-preferential voting for single-member constituency seats with first-past-the-post voting to award at-Large balancing seats. The election was administered by the Federal Electoral Commission.

On election night the result was seen as an aberration as opinion polling had been unable to capture the strong increase in support for non-major parties. Polling had accurately predicted the SDP/SSD would remain the largest party, but had been unable to forecast the full scale of support gained and lost in various states. Opposition Leader Mitt Romney indicated his desire to fight to remain leader of the DRP, but within days a competitive race has emerged to decide the new leader of the DRP. Chancellor John Fetterman indicated he would attempt to form coalition with either the Free Democrats or Farmers, and was able to announce the formation of a coalition six weeks later.

Results

Government (1030)
Coalition
  Social Democratic Party (657)
  Southern Social Democrats (126)
  The Greens (145)
  Farmers Federation (102)

Opposition (618)
  Democratic Republican Party (618)

Crossbench (319)
  Free Democratic Party (154)
  Christian Conservative Union (137)
  National Freedom Party (33)
  Socialist Party (28)
 
Party Votes % Swing (pp) Seats Change (seats)
C A T
  Social Democratic Union
  Social Democratic Party 73,779,189 31.48 −5.26 424 233 657 Decrease 105
  Southern Social Democrats 13,939,199 5.95 −0.16 81 45 126 Decrease 3
Union Total 87,718,388 37.43 −5.42 505 278 783 Decrease 108
  Democratic Republican Party 69,031,326 29.45 −2.68 365 251 616 Decrease 47
  Free Democratic Party 17,899,640 7.64 +2.30 9 145 154 Increase 49
  Christian Conservative Union 17,210,894 7.34 +1.55 51 86 137 Increase 31
  The Greens 16,648,502 7.10 +0.61 20 125 145 Increase 19
  Farmers Federation 13,143,201 5.61 +1.23 46 56 102 Increase 26
  Socialist Party 6,764,540 2.89 −0.13 1 27 28 Decrease 3
  National Freedom Party 5,952,839 2.54 +2.54 2 31 33 Increase 33
Turnout 234,369,207 90.59 +0.04 – – – –
Registered voters/turnout 258,715,972 – – – – – –

Background

State of electorates

Retiring members

Social Democratic

Southern Social Democrats

Democratic Republican

Others

Analysis

Election date

Constitutional and legal provisions

Election timeline

Major endorsements

Aftermath and Reactions

Domestic

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