Day 3 — Super Tuesday

This Tuesday is Super because it’s the day during the primaries when more states go to the polls (14, among them California and Texas) and where the candidates can obtain about 1/3 of the delegates in the entire race. It was on Super Tuesday that Joe Biden demonstrated that he has the capacity to become the Democratic nominee, winning in 10 of the 14 states. The rest were won by Bernie Sanders, the favorite before the poll.

Day 4 — Mike Bloomberg drops out and announces support for Joe Biden

Elizabeth Warren Drops Out of Her Presidential Campaign, Announces No Support for Any Candidate (Day 5)

Day 10 — Big Tuesday

Joe Biden has another standout victory over Bernie Sanders, beating Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri. Washington is divided. Sanders wins only in North Dakota.

Democratic primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio (17th)

Two of the major swing states go to the democratic primary, Florida, and Ohio. The results in Florida are especially important to assess which of the candidates has the most receptivity within the Latin-American community.

*In the Republican Party primary elections are also taking place, but the only candidate is Donald Trump, common in cases where presidents seek re-election for a second term.

Bernie Sanders suspends campaign (the 8th)

The Vermont senator drops out of the primary campaign, admitting that he would hardly beat Joe Biden, whose campaign gained momentum after the vote in South Carolina. Sanders says, however, that he will keep his name on the ballot to win as many delegates as possible and thus influence the Democratic platform that will come out of the convention.

Bernie Sanders announces support for Joe Biden (the 13th)

In an announcement made by livestream, due to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the senator from Vermont dispels any doubt that he could be left out of the election campaign. Bernie Sanders encouraged his voters to vote for Joe Biden.

Joe Biden begins search for his vice president (the 30th)

With the nomination all but assured, Joe Biden begins his search for his running mate against Donald Trump and Mike Pence. The first criterion is that a woman must be chosen. To help him in this choice, Biden chose former Senator Chris Dodd, the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, the former adviser to Vice President Cynthia Hogan, and Lisa Blunt Rochester, representative of Delaware, Joe Biden’s homeland.

Protests against police violence after the death of George Floyd (26th)

An African-American man dies during his arrest by police in Minneapolis. An amateur video captures the arrest and death of George Floyd at the hands of police, starting a wave of protests in the city that would spread across the country, becoming one of the hottest topics of the campaign.

Joe Biden makes first campaign action outside (day 1)

Since the beginning of the state of emergency, Joe Biden had been holding his campaign events from his home in Delaware. The death of George Floyd and the escalation in protests, bring Joe Biden to Philadelphia to discuss racial issues.

Police and National Guard remove protesters using force for Donald Trump to visit church (Day 1)

Security forces removed all demonstrators from the streets around Lafayette Square in Washington D.C. and nearby streets in what appeared to be peaceful. A short time later, Donald Trump made his way from the White House to St. John’s Episcopal Church to take a photo with a bible in his hand.

Trump formally notifies the United Nations of the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (the 7th)

After much criticism of the organization, about alleged failures in the response to the pandemic and an alleged proximity to China – whom the organization would have helped hide the pandemic -, Donald Trump formally calls for the withdrawal of the US from the multilateral organization.

Supreme Court does not deliberate on publication of Donald Trump’s tax returns (9th)

In one of the fiercest battles since the 2016 election, Donald Trump sees the Supreme Court return the issue to the higher courts, virtually guaranteeing that Donald Trump will not have to release the two tax returns before the 2020 U.S. election. The president has resisted the disclosure, arguing with an alleged U.S. tax authority audit of his tax returns.

Donald Trump replaced campaign manager (15th)

Brad Parscale, the main brains behind Donald Trump’s 2016 social media campaign, is removed from the overall leadership of the campaign and replaced by Bill Stepien.

Salt Lake City, Utah (Day 7)*

First and only debate between the two candidates for vice-president.

Ann Arbor, Michigan (Day 15)*

For the second time, with about two weeks to go before the final vote, the candidates leading the world’s largest economy face off again in a debate.

Nashville, Tennessee (Day 22)*

The third and final debate between the two candidates for president of the United States comes just under a week beforeNorth-Americans go to the polls.

*To be confirmed