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Potential candidates with strong political support networks show interest in running.

July 7

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The party convention is when a party meets to discuss its policies and candidates.

Republican: Aug 24, 2020 – Aug 27, 2020

Democratic: Aug 17, 2020 – Aug 20, 2020

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During a party's national convention a candidate must recieve a majority vote from the party's delegates in order to be nominated for the presidental running. This candidate will represent that party.
Democratic national convention: Aug 17, 2020 – Aug 20, 2020
Republican national convention: Aug 24, 2020 – Aug 27, 2020
Green party national convention: July 9–12, 2020
Liberterian party national conventions: May 22–24 and July 7–12, 2020

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The announcement is the announcement of the candidate that a political party will support.

Republican: Monday, August 24
Democratic: March 1

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A political candidate's campaign will last over a long period of time as they attempt to use their campaigns to get the attention and votes from the public. This is to benefit them in the general election.
Average U.S. presidential campaign: 920 days.

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The process of the U.S. public voting for their choice of political candidate. This can either be done in person or through a mail in ballot.
Voting Day: November 3, 2020

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Caucus: private meetings from political parties where they find out how many of their party voted for who.
Primaries: Open to all voting run by state or local governments.
February 3rd - December 2nd

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The process of states divvying up their state points based on population to each presidential candidate based on the public's votes.
Electoral College voting day: December 14, 2020

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Invisible Primary:
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/451852-the-invisible-primary-has-begun/
Party Convention:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Republican_National_Convention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Democratic_National_Convention#:~:text=Originally%20scheduled%20to%20be%20held,pandemic%20in%20the%20United%20States.
Nomination: https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election,_2020
Campaigning: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-presidential-elections-are-absurdly-long-compared-rest-of-world-2020-2
Announcement:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2020_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries#:~:text=March%201%3A%20Governor%20Jay%20Inslee,the%202020%20Democratic%20National%20Convention.
General Election: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/general-election-campaign, https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail
Caucus and Primaries:
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/2020-state-primary-election-dates.aspx
Electoral College: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college