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The '''Articles of Unity''', also known as '''Unity 2020''', is a grass roots political movement started by the public intellectual and evolutionary biologist [[Bret Weinstein]] that seeks to provide an alternative third ticket for the [[2020 United States presidential election]] to avoid electing either [[Joe Biden]] or [[Donald Trump]]. The Unity 2020 ticket will consist of two candidates drafted from the left and the right who have agreed to govern as a team with the president of the ticket being chosen by a coin flip. They would try to make decisions by consensus and the president would only make a decision in a case that there could not be consensus or in the case of an emergency. Unity 2020 has currently selected [[Tulsi Gabbard]] and [[Dan Crenshaw]] to be the two candidates but neither person has yet to state publicly if they will run on the ticket. They currently plan to gain ballot access in all 50 states by working with third-parties that already have ballot access and running on their ticket.
== Beginnings ==
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# Courageous
The Articles of Unity and the Unity 2020 movement claims that this plan can avoid being a spoiler for the [[2020 United States presidential election]] because it disempowers both Democratic and Republican parties by drawing candidates from both sides of the political divide. There is also a fail safe; if there is no viable path to the presidency for the Unity 2020 ticket then the race will be suspended. They have publicly stated that their ballot access plan for all 50 states involves teaming up with third-party tickets that are already on the ballot and then running on the same ticket<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=September 1, 2020|title=Unity2020 Ballot Access Plan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InphL6kz0ZE|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Articles of Unity youtube channel}}</ref>.
== Articles of Unity and Unity 2020 in the media ==
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== History of Similar Ideas in the United States ==
There is a history of people proposing similar ideas to Unity 2020 in United States history<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wheelan|first=Nick Troiano and Charles|title=The last presidential 'unity ticket' was in 1864. We need another bipartisan pair in 2020.|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/17/bipartisan-presidential-unity-ticket-heal-divided-america-2020-column/2583404002/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref>.
[[John McCain]], the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, seriously consider picking senator [[Joe Lieberman]] as his vice-presidential running mate but did not based on advice from his advisors that it would divide the Republican party and harm his chances at the White House<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|date=2018-05-05|title=At His Ranch, John McCain Shares Memories and Regrets With Friends|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/politics/john-mccain-arizona.html|access-date=2020-09-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>. McCain regretted this decision and later said that it was "another mistake that I made [in my political career]"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yilek|first=Caitlin|date=2018-05-05|title=John McCain regrets choosing Sarah Palin as 2008 running mate over Joe Lieberman|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/john-mccain-regrets-choosing-sarah-palin-as-2008-running-mate-over-joe-lieberman|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Washington Examiner|language=en}}</ref> and that "my gut told me to ignore [the advice] and I wish I had"<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|date=2018-05-05|title=At His Ranch, John McCain Shares Memories and Regrets With Friends|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/politics/john-mccain-arizona.html|access-date=2020-09-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>.
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