USA Presidential Elections 2020

The 2020 USA Presidential Election was the third presidential election in the history of the United States of Antarctica. Incumbent President Megg chose not to seek re-election after convincing from her own party, instead finishing her sole term with high approval ratings. This election saw Donal Tenorio get elected President against Bernie the Tour Guide (who ran as a Democratic Socialist but earned the endorsement of the Liberal Party.) Despite Tenorio being elected as President, many people have called this election into question due to potential ballot rigging done by foreign powers. While inaugurated formally as President, many people have refused to recognize the legitimacy of the election.

Grand Republicans Party
The Grand Republicans Party chose not to field any candidates this election. Instead, they endorsed the Conservative’s nominee as apart of a fusion ticket.

Liberal Party
The Liberal Party chose not to field any candidates this election. Instead, they endorsed the Democratic Socialist’s nominee as apart of a fusion ticket.

Conservative Party

 * Donal Tenorio - Incumbent Treasurer of the USA; CEO of Tenorio Confectioneries, Inc. Conservative nominee in 2016. Caucus chairman of the CREAM SODA Party wing of the party.

Democratic Socialist Party

 * Bernie the Tour Guide - The fan-favorite returned for this election. Tour guide.

Other

 * Captain B - This bloodthirsty maniac appeared in the election again and caused mass chaos within the voting. Hoo boy.
 * Skipper - In response to the return of the killer water bottle, Skipper of the Madagascar Penguins stepped up to fight back after assaulting him in the middle of a speech in the previous election. All things considered, he got pretty far.
 * Trench Coat Man - The previously unnamed candidate was given the nickname "Trench Coat Man" by the masses. Seems to constantly be fumbling around, as if it were a bunch of chicks arguing with each other.
 * Merry Walrus - Tried to become president to share the "Merry Walrus" spirit. To no one's surprise, he didn't get very far (although he was endorsed by the Party Development Center...)
 * An actual KZT Triple X - Someone signed up one of the XXX Missiles in the USA as a candidate, stating "It's obviously the best choice, as it represents the spirit of our country better than anything else!" A concerning amount of penguins seemed to agree.
 * Mabel - Decided to run for president because she "would run the place better than any of those other chumps." Her entrance into the election caused pretty much the entire MMK to rally support for her, dealing a considerable blow to the number of supporters for Tenorio, who the MMK had previously endorsed.
 * Every single Sonic Walrus simultaneously - For whatever reason, the BoF's entire inventory of Sonic Walruses was added to the election as one candidate. Nobody really knows what would've happened if they won. The Walrus Crime Ring also vowed to vote for literally everyone else to make sure they didn't win.
 * Wezzeti - Ran for president in hopes of stopping what he claimed to be "a worldwide epidemic of everyone not saving." Someone should tell him that autosaves are a thing now...
 * Some king screenhog of some sort...? - What appears to be a royal Screenhog, however that works. Claims to "never die" and seems to be obsessed with murdering orphans for monetary gain.
 * Penstubal - Initially declared his candidacy and said he is coming to "take over the country" and "liberate it from the dark forces that lie beneath Chill's party hat in his dark and twisted pin-shaped head", but Scrubette urged him to drop out, saying that he stands no chance in such a hostile anti-scrub environment that is in the USA and that it would be better for him to invest in his political game when it comes to his native Moon Island.
 * Octavius Businessmun - Declared his running for presidency stating he would enact policies that would largely benefit larger businesses and corporations. When people started asking if he would do anything else, he simply dismissed them.

A Good Start
The election started off smoothly. Each of the main parties did their thing, making debates and getting people on their side.

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That is, until...

HERE COMES CAPTAIN B
Apparently, the Four Unknown couldn't sit still and let something stay in peace. Seemingly intrigued by the aspects of an election after running last time, Captain B popped up in the election again, and the exact same destruction ensued. Every time debates occurred with Captain B, he would clobber the other guy at some point and then get resounding cheers for some reason. The mere presence of this complete nutbottle meant that there could not be a single peaceful moment during the election process. It didn't help that General Sharpener managed to get his nonexistent hands on a snowball machine gun between elections and just straight up shot the heck out of any political opponents. There were certainly many folks who didn't care about the political process who started watching political debates just to see mass chaos take place as B and his cronies seemingly took specific measures to break every single rule in the book.

Fortunately, there was actually some resistance to the turmoil this time around. Unfortunately, this resistance was from the Madagascar Penguins. Skipper decided that the only way he was going to stop B from getting elected president was to become president himself, and now we have two maniacal groups wrecking everything every time anything is supposed to happen.

Penstubal Post Endorsement
On 15 February 2020, the Penstubal Post editorial board made an official announcement that they're going to endorse Bernie the Tour Guide for President of the United States of Antarctica. In a long and bombastic article, Penstubal Post wrote that "Bernie is the best tour guide this nation had ever seen" and that "Bernie will make sure nobody gets spared of the pure joy and fun of being given a tour". The Penstubal Post endorsement was seen as a major shock in the political community, with many previously expecting that the Penstubal Post would wait it out to endorse a candidate, either because somebody who would be anti-establishment and pro-scrub would appear, or Penstubal himself would decide to run.

The Penstubal Post was seen as both an advantage and a disadvantage to Bernie the Tour Guide's campaign: on one hand, it might have alienated a very significant portion of voters who hate the Penstubal Post and the divisiveness it stands for, but on the other hand, it might have opened up a whole new demographic from which Bernie could get support from, while also not betraying his base.