Bernie Sanders Drops out of
2020 Democratic Race for President The Vermont Senator
officially announced an end to his
2020 presidential bid on Wednesday. Bernie Sanders, via announcement Bernie Sanders, via announcement Former Vice President Biden
is now the presumptive 2020
Democratic presidential nominee. Sanders ran on a progressive
platform as a democratic socialist. He championed a health care
plan he called "Medicare for all," and
free four-year higher education at public colleges. Early in the race for the Democratic nomination,
Sanders was the clear frontrunner. But in South Carolina,
he failed to galvanize black voter support.
From there, Biden began to emerge
as the likely nominee. 2020 was Senator Sanders'
second bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.