US President Joe Biden and his expected Republican opponent, Donald Trump, might secure enough delegates this week to become their parties’ presumptive candidates and begin an eight-month campaign
The primary elections in four states, this Tuesday, can guarantee both the current head of state and the former president, enough delegates to guarantee the nominations, and their trajectories are not in question, following the good results achieved in the so-called “Super Tuesday”, which involved votes in 15 states and forced the last main opponents to leave the race.
The increasingly likely new ‘face to face’ between Biden and Trump, which will be the first in a US presidential election since 1956, is expected to deepen deep political and cultural divisions, the Associated Press (AP) reported yesterday.
As of Sunday, Donald Trump was 140 delegates short of the 1,215 needed to win the Republican nomination at the party’s national convention this summer. There were 161 Republican delegates at stake this Tuesday, in Georgia, Mississippi, Washington State and Hawaii.
If he maintains his strong performance, the Republican tycoon might win all the delegates in Georgia, Mississippi and the State of Washington.
Hawaii allocates delegates proportionally so other candidates can win some, even with a small share of the vote.
In the Democratic field, Biden is also regarding to secure enough delegates for his party’s nomination to fight for a new presidential term.
The President enters this Tuesday with 102 delegates less than the 1,968 needed to obtain the Democratic nomination, with 254 Democratic delegates at stake in the states of Georgia, Mississippi and Washington, in addition to party disputes for the Northern Mariana Islands and ‘Democrats in Foreigner’, which end that day.
Without major opponents, Biden is on track to reach this milestone, despite continuing to face resistance from the most left wing of his party, which is trying to avoid ‘closing the books’.
A group of progressive activists and religious leaders in Georgia and other states is encouraging Democratic primary participants not to vote for any presidential candidate.
The initiative follows a protest vote in Michigan, in the “uncommitted” option, which recently secured two delegates.
The symbolic protest is intended to be a warning regarding Biden’s re-election due to his support for Israel’s war once morest Hamas in Gaza.
The current head of state produced a speech on the ‘living’ State of the Union which, according to his campaign, generated 10 million dollars in donations in 24 hours, they can take advantage of this to build new momentum with a strong performance this Tuesday. fair.
Georgia has emerged as one of the key swing states in recent years and Biden and Trump intend to show strength as a dress rehearsal for the November elections.
The state was a crucial battleground in 2020, so hotly contested that Trump is even indicted in court for allegedly pushing for “11,780 votes” to be found to overturn Biden’s victory.
