The Presidential Election of 2020 (Patreon)

The American Presidential Election of 2020

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016), is now available! https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ​ Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Additional footage by @J.J. McCullough The 59th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In the crazy 2020 election, the country struggles through a pandemic and the worst division its seen since the Civil War. #mrbeat​ #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory​ #elections​ Creative commons credits: Gage Skidmore (The Legend) Matt Johnson Christopher Michel Marc Nozell David Oks Lorie Shaull Tyler Merbler Sources/further reading: https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ https://www.270towin.com/2020-election-results-live/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-media-1bf96bf3910bdcbe0f125958357c8f1a http://www.electproject.org/2020g Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Podcast: https://www.jobsoletepod.com/ Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links The 59th Presidential election in American history took place on November 3, 2020. Then again, by that day, a record number of Americans had already voted early- either in person or by mail. You see, for most of the year the world was in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 20% of all COVID-19-related deaths in the world happened in the United States, despite the country making up just over 4% of the world’s population. By Election Day, it had killed around 235,000 Americans, and many blamed President Donald Trump. Compared to other world leaders, Trump was slow to respond to the pandemic, and originally downplayed the severity of the virus. Not only that,the economy was doing worse than it had since The Great Depression. Businesses closed and suffered due to lockdowns after local politicians tried to slow the spread of the virus. Unemployment got as high as almost 15%. Despite wages slowly ticking up in the previous three years of the Trump administration, nearly half of all Americans still lived paycheck to paycheck, meaning when the economy crashed in 2020, they had no savings to get them by. Trump also became just the third President in American history to be impeached, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, after he allegedly tried to get Ukranian officials to dig up dirt on Joe Biden’s son to hurt Biden’s election campaign. More on that in a bit. Well the Senate acquitted Trump, with nearly every Republican voting to keep him in office. But it wasn’t just the impeachment. Throughout all the turmoil of 2020, the Republican Party consistently stood by President Trump. He had a loyal, cult-like following, as seen by his many rallies with enthusiastic supporters. However, Trump also had lots of enemies. Throughout his Presidency, the traditional news media attacked him. Don’t worry, he attacked them right back. (clip?) Trump lied more than most politicians, so much where it was kind of hard to keep up with all the lies. (clips) And he nearly got the country into wars just from seemingly impulsive Tweets. But he also accomplished a lot for conservatives at least attempting to undo much of what Barack Obama accomplished.