Donald Trump and Joe Biden will achieve this mathematically Status of presidential candidates November, if they get the necessary delegates for the primaries this Tuesday in several states, including Georgia.
The former president is the only Republican in the race for November’s election, having eliminated competition (a dozen candidates) in recent months.
His last rival Nikki Haley threw in the towel on March 6th.
However, to be named the party’s official candidate, he still needs to win a certain number of delegates, the representatives responsible for nominating the candidate during a party convention in mid-July.
On the Democratic side, the nomination process is more or less the same, but President Joe Biden has never had serious rivals.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden are expected to exceed the threshold of delegates required for the nomination this Tuesday, when primaries are held in four states.
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Among them, Georgia, with whom Trump has a complicated relationship.
This southeastern state, which borders Florida, typically leans toward the Republican candidate in presidential elections.
Its residents chose him over Hillary Clinton in 2016but they turned their backs on him in 2020 by voting for Joe Biden.
The difference in votes between the two was small, less than 12,000, and Donald Trump has never acknowledged his defeat.
The septuagenarian put pressure on state election officials, asking them in a phone call to “determine” the number of votes he needed to win.
The phone conversation was made public and Georgian authorities filed a complaint Donald Trump faces prison time after embarrassing himself that a mugshot of him was taken in the capital Atlanta and went around the world.
Appointment in November
As in 2020, Georgia could be decisive in the November elections. The announced duel is the same: Donald Trump, 77, against Joe Biden, 81and according to surveys, the gap is very small.
The two held rallies in the state on Saturday. They confront two recurring themes: the age of the US president and migration.
Bolstered by a combative speech to Congress last week, Joe Biden traveled to Atlanta to mobilize African American and Hispanic voters.
Trump has stepped up his attacks on migrants crossing the border with Mexico because he says it is “poisoning the blood of the country.”
True to his style, The former president also mocks Biden at his ralliesimitates the way he speaks (he stutters sometimes) and walks a bit stiffly.
Republicans are holding primaries this Tuesday in Georgia, Mississippi, Hawaii and Washington.
Among Democrats, Biden won in the U.S.-controlled Northern Mariana Islands, and there are also primaries in Georgia, Mississippi, Washington and among people living abroad.
Georgia is one of the so-called “hinge states” where voters can choose one party or the other depends on the elections and can decide the outcome of the elections. This year it will also include Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Nevada.
With information from AFP.
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