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.