2020 USA presidential election: how does it work

This year the United States is going to choose a new president. The topic is being presented on the cover of all the media around the world. Many people are not clear about the presidential election process, but the importance of it. In this article, you will find the keys to understand it, no matter what part of the world you are in. On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, the US will keep the same course or, is going to change lanes. 

In the 59th presidential election of the country, Donald Trump, the actual president, has big chances of being reelected. The opposition is really focusing on beating him. So, if you want to summarize it in one phrase, the election can be also understood as "Trump v. Opposition".

Unlikely in other countries, there are only two main parties: The Democrats (liberals left-of-center) and The Republicans (conservative right-of-center), and each one proposes a number of candidates for the Primary Election. 

Primary Elections
In this first and internal election, the voters choose a group of delegates who will finally decide for them. The party's delegates are the ones who are going to choose the candidates that are going to run for the presidency in the final election of November.

We usually read the word "caucus" or "caucuses", but what are them? How do they function?
The caucus is simply a party assembly, done during the Primary Elections in some states of the US (like Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, etc). In these meetings, each party summons its followers and decides which running mate will represent them in the Final Elections.
A primary is a state-level election, meanwhile, a caucus is a local meeting where registered members of a political party in a city, gather to vote.

November's Elections
United States citizens will vote, as in the Primaries, indirectly by an Electoral College which then elects the president (between the winners of the Primary Elections). The Electoral College is really questioned because sometimes it does not represent the vote from the people. The idea of its existence is that the ones who know more about the laws and history of the country should have the responsibility to determinate what's needed analyzing the economic, political and social context at the time.

When the Electoral College makes the final decision, the country celebrates a new president.

The Candidates
Donald Trump has 39 declared delegates on the Republican side. On the other hand, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are the Democratic-candidates more supported by delegates.

Republican Party

Democratic Party

The Inauguration

After the Election, the 20th of January, there is an event call Inauguration in which the new president and vice-president are sworn, at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. That day is considered a federal holiday. 

By Micaela Seidman

Micaela Seidman is a 21-year-old-student from Buenos Aires, Argentina who is currently studying a Law Degree at the University of San Isidro.  She is working at the Buenos Aires City Government. She is the CEO and Founder of 
Consilium Worldwide.