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