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Overall, the 2020 primary field had 29 major candidates, [9] breaking the record for the largest field under the modern presidential primary system previously set during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries with 17 major candidates. [10] Entering the Iowa caucuses on February 3, 2020, the field had decreased to 11 major candidates.
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
Candidates who are on the ballot in a minimum of fifteen states. As of June 8, 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive presidential nominee by amassing enough delegates to secure the nomination.
The list is divided into two sections, reflecting the increasing importance of primaries and caucuses following the changes stemming from the McGovern–Fraser Commission. Only those candidates are included who were major contenders of the primaries and caucuses, and had held significant elective office or received substantial media coverage.
Major candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries had held significant elective office or received substantial media coverage. Nearly 300 candidates who did not receive significant media coverage also filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in the primary.
Minnesota had previously barred all other candidates from its Republican presidential primary other than Donald Trump on October 31. [187] December 6: The California Secretary of State released the list of "Generally Recognized Presidential Candidates" for the upcoming March 3, 2020 election, including seven Republicans. [188] December 11:
The 1976 primaries matched the record previously set in 1972 for the highest number of candidates in any presidential primaries in American history, with 16. During the primaries, Jimmy Carter capitalized on his status as an outsider. The 1976 campaign was the first in which primaries and caucuses carried more weight than the old boss-dominated ...
By April 2019, more than 20 major candidates were recognized by national and state polls, causing the field of 2020 major Democratic presidential candidates to exceed the field of major candidates in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries as the largest presidential candidate field for any single U.S. political party in a single ...