2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
This article listed possible candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2020 election.[1]
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee for President of the United States, will choose his running mate at some point before the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[2]
Biden promised to select a woman, which make it the third time in United States history that the vice presidential nominee of a major party has been a woman, after Geraldine Ferraro (1984) and Sarah Palin (2008).[3]
On August 11, 2020 Biden picked U.S. Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.[4]
Vetting process
Vetting is the process of beginning to search and or hire a person for an important job. In this case, vetting is the process of Biden's campaign looking for a running mate.[5] The Biden campaign was reported to have begun the vetting process of potential running mates in May 2020.[6] In July 2020, Biden said that "I am not committed to naming any but the people I've named, and among them are four Black women".[7]
At first, Biden hoped to announce his running mate the week of August 5, 2020,[8] however his campaign has pushed the announcement date to before the DNC Convention would start, which would be August 16 or before.[1] The New York Times reported on August 10, that an announcement of who Biden picked as his running mate will happen either August 11 or August 12.[9]
His running mate vetting process has been criticized for Biden's campaign alleged "blatant disrespectful" treatment towards black women and sexism.[10][11][12]
Final candidates
On June 26, 2020, CNN and The Washington Post reported that the following five individuals were the leading candidates for the nomination.[13] On July 29, just a week before Biden's planned announcement, The Hill reported that Karen Bass, Harris, Rice, and Warren had emerged as the "top tier" of candidates.[14] On August 2, CNN reported that Tammy Duckworth and Gretchen Whitmer were also still under consideration.[15]
Representative
Karen Bass
from California
(2011–present)[16][17][18]
Mayor of Atlanta
Keisha Lance Bottoms
from Georgia
(2018–present)[19][20]
Representative
Val Demings
from Florida
(2017–present)[21][22][23]
Senator and 2020 presidential candidate
Kamala Harris
from California
(2017–present)[21][22][23][3]
Governor
Michelle Lujan Grisham
from New Mexico
(2019–present)[22][23]
Former National Security Advisor
Susan Rice
from Washington, D.C.
(2013–2017)[6][22]
Senator and 2020 presidential candidate
Elizabeth Warren
from Massachusetts
(2013–present)[21][22][23][3]
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Other individuals considered
The following six individuals were originally cited to have begun undergoing vetting by the Biden campaign in May or June 2020, but it is uncertain whether they have moved on to further stages in subsequent months or not.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30] Following the George Floyd protests, Amy Klobuchar was criticized for her lack of prosecution of police misconduct during her tenure, including a case involving the officer accused of murdering Floyd.[31][32][33] On June 18, she announced that she had removed herself from consideration and urged for Biden to select a woman of color.[34][35]
Senator
Maggie Hassan
from New Hampshire
(2017–present)[2][5]
Senator and 2020 presidential candidate
Amy Klobuchar
from Minnesota
(2007–present)[21][22][23][3] (withdrew)
Governor
Gina Raimondo
from Rhode Island
(2015–present)[21]
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Declined to be considered
The following individuals publicly confirmed that they had declined to be vetted by the Biden campaign.[21]
Senator
Catherine Cortez Masto
from Nevada
(2017–present)[36]
Senator
Jeanne Shaheen
from New Hampshire
(2009–present)[37]
Opinion polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Economist/YouGov | August 2–4, 2020 | 600 (RV) | 6% | 1% | 1% | 3% | – | 3% | 8% | 22% | – | 0% | – | 11% | 21% | 3% | 3%[b] | 19% |
| Yahoo News/YouGov | July 28–30, 2020 | 1088 (RV) | 8% | 3% | 3% | 5% | – | 4% | 6% | 25% | – | 2% | 2% | 14% | 22% | 5% | – | – |
| Hill-HarrisX | July 20–21, 2020 | 947 (RV) | 6% | 3% | – | 3% | – | 3% | 4% | 15% | – | 4% | – | 12% | 16% | 4% | 30%[c] | – |
| Data for Progress | July 20, 2020 | 538 (RV)[d] | 8% | 3% | 1% | 10% | – | 3% | 6% | 21% | – | 2% | – | 6% | 23% | 4% | – | 13% |
| Yahoo! News/YouGov | Jun 9–10, 2020 | 1288 (RV) | 14% | – | – | 6% | – | 8% | – | 24% | 14% | – | – | – | 30% | 5% | – | – |
| Monmouth | Jun 1–9, 2020 | 2240 (LV) | 10% | – | – | 2% | – | 7% | – | 28% | 12% | – | – | 2% | 13% | 2% | 8%[e] | – |
| Yahoo! News/YouGov | May 4–5, 2020 | 1224 (RV) | 11% | 5% | – | – | 6% | – | – | 17% | 18% | – | – | – | 34% | 8% | – | – |
| Vox | May 1, 2020 | 605 (V) | 7% | – | – | – | 3% | – | – | 15% | 9% | – | – | – | 42% | 4% | – | 20% |
| CBS/YouGov | Apr 28–May 1, 2020 | 1671 (LV) | 14% | 1% | – | – | 2% | 3% | 3% | 19% | 13% | 1% | – | 4% | 36% | 3% | 1%[f] | – |
| Economist/YouGov | Apr 26–28, 2020 | 1222 (RV) | 8% | 2% | – | – | – | – | – | 9% | 7% | – | – | – | 15% | 2% | 13%[g] | 44% |
| Harvard/Harris | Apr 14–16, 2020 | 2394 (RV) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10% | 10% | 1% | – | – | 13% | 3% | 63%[h] | – |
2020 Democratic Party Vice Presidential Candidate Selection Media
Official portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Senator and 2020 presidential candidateElizabeth Warrenfrom Massachusetts(2013–present)
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Notes
- ↑ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - ↑ "Someone else" with 3%
- ↑ Nadja West with 5%; "None of the above / Someone else" with 25%
- ↑ Poll included only voters not affiliated with a political party.
- ↑ including Michelle Obama with 3% and Tulsi Gabbard with 1%
- ↑ Sally Yates with 1%
- ↑ "Someone else" with 13%
- ↑ Bernie Sanders with 20%; Andrew Cuomo with 11%; Michael Bloomberg with 8%; Pete Buttigieg with 7%; Tom Steyer with 3%; "Other" with 14%
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biden's running mate announcement pushed back, likely will not come next week". USA Today. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Glueck, Katie (March 16, 2020). "Joe Biden Says He Would Choose a Woman as His Running Mate. But Who?". The New York Times.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kearns, Madeleine (May 6, 2020). "Joe Biden's 'Woman'". National Review.
- ↑ "Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate, adding former 2020 rival to ticket". CBS News. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Merica, Dan; Saenz, Arlette; Mucha, Sarah (March 16, 2020). "Joe Biden Said He Would Pick a Woman as His Running Mate. Here's Who Could Be on His List". CNN.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Scher, Bill (March 17, 2020). "Biden's Top 12 Running Mates, Ranked". Politico.
- ↑ "Biden says four Black women are on his VP list but won't commit to choosing one". Yahoo. July 21, 2020.
- ↑ Watson, Kathryn (July 28, 2020). "Biden says he'll have a vice presidential pick next week". CBS News.
- ↑ "Biden's V.P. Pick Is Said to Be Imminent". The New York Times. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ↑ "'Blatant disrespect of Black women': Women leaders criticize treatment of Black women being considered as Biden VP pick". USA Today. August 5, 2020.
- ↑ "Smile more? Some critics see sexism in debate over Biden VP". Yahoo. August 5, 2020.
- ↑ "A stench of sexism in the VP search". The Washington Post. August 3, 2020.
- ↑ Zeleny, Jeff; Merica, Dan (June 26, 2020). "Nation's reckoning on race looms large over final month of Biden's running mate search". CNN.
- ↑ Parnes, Amie (July 29, 2020). "VP hopefuls jockey for position as Biden's final decision nears". The Hill.
- ↑ Reston, Maeve (August 2, 2020). "Top Biden VP contenders face sexist tropes, intense scrutiny in final stretch". CNN.
- ↑ Nichols, John (July 21, 2020). "Progressives Have a VP Short list: Barbara Lee, Nina Turner, Karen Bass". The Nation. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ↑ Gray, Madison J. (March 13, 2020). "8 Black Women Who Make Awesome Vice Presidents for Biden/Sanders". BET. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ↑ Smith, Chris. "Inside the Final Days of Joe Biden's VP Choice". Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ↑ Korecki, Natasha; Caputo, Marc (March 17, 2020). "Biden Squeezed on His Most Critical Decision: His VP Pick". Politico.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Pindell, James (April 22, 2020). "Here Are 3 People Joe Biden Might Be Considering More for His VP as Coronavirus Disrupts American Life". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.8 Phillips, Amber (March 15, 2020). "Who Are the Women Probably on Joe Biden's Shortlist for Vice President?". The Washington Post.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.8 Blake, Aaron (April 8, 2020). "The 11 Most Logical Picks for Joe Biden's Vice President, Ranked". The Washington Post.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 Cillizza, Chris (April 9, 2020). "The Top 10 Women Joe Biden Might Choose as His VP". CNN.
- ↑ Stanage, Niall (May 21, 2020). "The Memo: Activists press Biden on VP choice". The Hill.
- ↑ Erickson, Bo (May 22, 2020). "Biden asks Amy Klobuchar to undergo vetting as possible running mate". CBS News.
- ↑ Edelman, Adam (May 22, 2020). "Biden's vice president shortlist emerges, as Demings says she's being vetted". NBC News.
- ↑ Caputo, Marc (May 17, 2020). "Val Demings' stock rises on VP shortlist". Politico.
- ↑ DiStaso, John (May 21, 2020). "Both NH senators invited to initial interviews for Biden VP slot; Hassan agrees, Shaheen declines". WMUR9.
- ↑ Gorecki, Natasha (Jun 8, 2020). "2 longshots rise in Biden VP search". POLITICO.
- ↑ Erickson, Bo (June 23, 2020). "Congressional Black Caucus chair Karen Bass being vetted to be Biden running mate". CBS News.
- ↑ "Amy Klobuchar didn't prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death after previous conduct complaints". www.theweek.com. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ↑ "Amy Klobuchar Criticized for Declining to Prosecute Police Shootings as Minnesota County Attorney". Complex. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ↑ "Amy Klobuchar missed chance to prosecute Minneapolis cop now at center of George Floyd death". The Washington Times. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ↑ Epstein, Reid J. (June 18, 2020). "Klobuchar Withdraws as Candidate to Be Biden's Running Mate". New York Times.
- ↑ LeBlanc, Paul (June 18, 2020). "Amy Klobuchar drops out of Biden VP contention and says he should choose a woman of color". CNN.
- ↑ "Cortez Masto bows out of consideration to be Biden's running mate citing Nevada's economic crisis". The Nevada Independent.
- ↑ "Sen. Shaheen tells Biden campaign she does not want to be vetted for VP". The Hill.