Talk:2020 United States presidential election

Third-party, independent, and unaffiliated candidates

Why is Bernie Sanders listed as "Declined to be candidates" under "Third-party, independent, and unaffiliated candidates"? If it's because he declined to be an independent candidate (but didn't decline to be a candidate), this is misleading. I know that Bernie Sanders hasn't ruled out running in 2020.

Potential 2020 libertarian candidate

Mary Ruwart recently hinted at possible interest in a 2020 run for Libertarian party nomination in an interview on salon.com. Here's the link: http://www.salon.com/2017/07/18/watch-is-she-2020s-gary-johnson/. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.186.240.94 (talk) 21:46, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Congresswoman Waters Declined Presidential Run

Congresswoman Waters, who is in the "Expressed intrest in running" section, denied intrest in these ambitions about 9 hours ago according to "The Hill"

PS It means we should probably move her to the declined section now, here's the link to the article http://thehill.com/homenews/house/343047-maxine-waters-is-joking-about-2020-but-not-about-trump — Preceding unsigned comment added by FuturePresident (talk • contribs) 19:17, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Cuban

Mark Cuban is opening up the possibility of a run again.

• https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/07/22/mark-cuban-vs-trump-in2020-lasts-4-years-kick
• http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article163135048.html
• http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bush-cuban-trump-dragging-gop-billionaires-48795876

MB298 (talk) 02:47, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson is listed both under third party and democratic. I understand some logic since he is currently independent but may run with the democrats, however, I feel that he should be listed under only one category until he decides on one or the other, just to cut down on redundant parts of the article. What are your thoughts? Alex the Nerd (talk) 12:37, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Dwayne Johnson is not a Democrat he is a Republican.

He's actually neither. He's a registered Independent. I gave him (and several other people on this article) a footnote describing how they aren't a member of the specific political party, but has either expressed interest or been speculated about running for the party in question. I feel that this works fine. IOnlyKnowFiveWords (talk) 17:24, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Maxine Waters?!?!?

Hey I'd hate to keep bringing it up but, Maxine Waters offically declined intrest in running for President. It's a little misleading to keep her in the expressed intrest section, again here's my source http://thehill.com/homenews/house/343047-maxine-waters-is-joking-about-2020-but-not-about-trump She is even qouted saying that it was a joke when she claimed intrest. If for some reason this isn't enough info please let me know, I'm not upset and I have nothing against her really, but i'm just really confused as to why she's still up there at this point. FuturePresident (talk) 04:07, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

• Done. I've removed Waters from publicly expressed interest to declined. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:18, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank You! :) FuturePresident (talk) 18:30, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Congressman John Delaney

Congressman John Delaney won't seek re-election in 2018 and is eyeing a 2020 presidential run according to Roll Call, Poltico, and The Washington Post FuturePresident (talk) 16:38, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Kamala Harris

Vote 4 DJH2036 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) claims that Harris has declined interest, based on the following reference:

However, Harris quickly dismissed talk of a presidential bid while at a Recode technology conference in May.

“I’m not giving that any consideration. I’ve got to stay focused,” Harris said.

But, according to Page Six of the New York Post, the senator is scheduled to make another trip to the Hamptons soon, where she will meet with influential Democrats, including Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and former Attorney General Eric Holder.

I object, strongly. Power~enwiki (talk) 06:33, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

I disagree- saying she isn't giving it any consideration is basically saying she isn't interested (at least for right now). She's taking it off the table for the time being. Vote 4 DJH2036 (talk) 14:50, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

I agree with Power~enwiki. She only stated she is currently not considering. Over three years before the election. She did not say that she definitely declines a run. Harris should only be added to the declined section if she clearly says so and there is another source than Fox News (which is not quite neutral). --Governor Jerchel (talk) 11:00, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

RfC: Merge "speculative" and "declined" sections

Should the "Speculative candidates" and "Declined to be candidates" sections on this article be merged into a single section, entitled "Media speculation"? Power~enwiki (talk) 06:52, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

It is normally impossible to tell in any way whether or not a politician is running for President over 3 years before the next presidential election. Many of the comments that people claim are "declining interest" are, in my opinion, simply an attempt to avoid answering the question publicly. I propose that the “declined” section be removed from this article until January 1, 2019, and the "speculation" section be renamed to "Media speculation" to make clear that the candidate themselves might not be personally speculating about a run. Power~enwiki (talk) 06:52, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

We have to go by what the candidates say, and if they say "I'm not running" or "I'm not interested," then we have to list them as declined. Combining them would just make a massive mess of a speculative section. Vote 4 DJH2036 (talk) 14:51, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

REPUBLICAN 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Why isn't Walter Randall Bannister listed as a candidate? He filed papers to run on June 9, 2017. His committee ID # is C00647412.

SOURCES: https://www.fec.gov/data/?search=BANNISTER+FOR+PRESIDENT+2020 https://www.facebook.com/BANNISTERFORPRESIDENT2020/ http://politics1.com/p2020.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.43.238.218 (talk) 21:12, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

He doesn't meet requirements- when he gets his own Wikipedia page that won't be deleted, then we can include him. Vote 4 DJH2036 (talk) 00:50, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Are there any secondary and reliable sources discussing his candidacy? Hundreds of non-notable gadflies fill out the FEC paperwork every 4 years. Power~enwiki (talk) 00:51, 31 July 2017 (UTC)