Wins in primaries
Trump is confirmed as the presidential candidate
March 13, 2024, 4:28 a.m
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Donald Trump can no longer be denied the nomination for the Republican presidential candidacy: According to forecasts, he will receive the necessary number of delegate votes in the primaries in several states. Biden had previously secured his candidacy again.
The new edition of the 2020 duel is perfect: former President Donald Trump and incumbent Joe Biden are competing against each other in the presidential election in November. Both secured enough delegate votes in primaries in several US states to be nominated as candidates at the party conferences in the summer.
Despite concerns about his old age, no serious opponents from his own party have thrown their hat into the ring against the 81-year-old Biden. Trump, in turn, easily prevailed against a whole range of challengers. After the so-called Super Tuesday with primaries in a dozen states, his last remaining opponent, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, gave up. He now ran unchallenged in the primaries in Georgia, Washington, Mississippi and Hawaii. Democrats also voted in Georgia, Washington and Mississippi, and completed their primaries in the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands and among Democrats abroad.
The election campaign has already begun
It is the first time since 1952 and 1956 that the same candidates will run against each other in two consecutive US elections. At that time, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower had defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson twice.
There are now eight long months until the election this November, during which the rifts in the USA are likely to deepen further and the electoral battles are likely to become more toxic. Biden and Trump had been targeting each other more and more intensively in the past few days and weeks. Biden repeatedly described Trump as a danger to American democracy. The Republican portrays himself as a victim of political persecution by the judiciary, a portrayal that resonates with his supporters.
Trump is charged with 91 counts in a total of four criminal trials. Among other things, it concerns alleged attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election and his handling of secret documents from his time in government that he took with him from the White House. In Georgia, for example, where primaries also took place on Tuesday, Trump is said to have asked the election commissioner to “find 11,780 votes” in order to turn his defeat against Biden into a victory.
The left wing is arguing with Biden
Biden’s biggest task is to give the electorate the impression that he is still physically and mentally capable of holding the most powerful office in the world. At the end of a possible second term, Biden would be 86 years old.
In addition, the Democrat has to contend with criticism from the left wing of the party about the Gaza war. Many liberals believe the U.S. needs to do much more to stop Israeli military action in Gaza. It is unlikely that these people will vote for Trump. But you could vote for a possible independent candidate or not vote at all.
Before the US presidential election, the candidates have to prevail in internal party primaries, the so-called primaries and caucuses. A certain number of delegates are allocated in each state, who then formally elect the respective presidential candidate at the Democratic and Republican party conventions in the summer. The Republicans need 1,215 delegate votes to become the presumptive nominee; the Democrats need 1,968.