How the Democrats Won the White House and Congress in 2020 A Novel Part Two How the Democrats won the White House and Congress in 2020. A novel, Part Two. (Note: In Part One, journalist Eric Weygand met with a few Democratic Party donors interested in recruiting Ohio Senator John Smith to run for president in 2020. They asked Eric to join them and chronicle the history. Eric then organized a meeting in Cleveland with John Smith and his family. This led to a meeting with more Democratic donors in Key West, Florida. Reminder: This is a novel and it is fiction. The story may contain a lesson or two for the candidate who wins the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.)