May 2020 / 2nd Presidential Election

The 2nd Presidential Election began on May 1st, 2020, and ended on May 2nd, 2020. This election there were no primaries, and three candidates unopposed in each of their parties. Greg Dover emerged with a new coalition known as, The Centre-Right Coalition, and opposing him was Andrew Yang again, pushed back into politics by The Social Democratic Alliance, which had some ties to the Democratic Party. Emerging as a secondary option to Yang, was Jack Macklin, a former Republican who joined the Workers Party, and ran for President despite the participation of their party in the SDA.

While Andrew Yang was from the Centrist Party, after Elkridge became Chair and worked for more moderate policies, Yang returned back to the Democratic Party after feeling the Centrists had gone "too far right". And while Yang may not have been in the Social Democratic Alliance, they soon backed him, over the newcomer Jack Macklin.

In the end, Yang was able to gain enough support to win the electoral college, but not the popular vote. Making this the First Capital Republic Election where the winner did not win the popular vote making him the Second President of the Capital Republic's United States.

Many point out that during his Presidency, Dover tried to push for Electoral Reform in the Constitutional Convention, which was resisted by the SDA, only for the SDA to support Electoral Reform efforts once Yang was elected President. Many also find controversy of the deleting of some Dover supporter's votes due to their lack of understanding of new election regulations.