President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump on Tuesday secured the delegates necessary to clinch their parties’ presidential nominations, according to Associated Press, cementing a general election rematch in Nov. Both men and their campaigns have long anticipated this moment. Biden faced only token opposition in the Democratic primary, as is typical for a sitting president, while Trump had been his party’s dominant frontrunner for months.
Their Nov collision began to look even more likely after Trump scored a decisive win in Iowa in Jan. His victory cleared the field of all but one of his major Republican rivals and put him on a glide path to his party’s nomination. His last remaining primary challenger, Nikki Haley, suspended her campaign last week, further clearing a path that had already been remarkably free of obstacles for a candidate facing considerable legal problems.
AP named Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee after projecting his victory in Georgia, while Trump was designated the presumptive Republican nominee after he swept the GOP contests in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington. Later, Trump captured the Republican caucuses in Hawaii. Biden needed 1,968 delegates to win the nomination, while Trump clinched the 1,215 delegates required to secure the Republican nomination.
Tuesday’s results cleared the way for a 2024 general election campaign that, at just under eight months, is set to be one of the longest in modern American history and will be the country’s first presidential rematch in 68 years. The last presidential rematch came in 1956, when Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower again defeated Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic opponent he had four years prior.
Already, Trump and Biden had shifted their focus away from the primaries. In a statement, Biden said he was honoured that Democratic voters “have put their faith in me once again to lead our party – and our country – in a moment when the threat Trump poses is greater than ever.” In a video posted on social media, Trump called Tuesday a “great day of victory,” but said it was immediately time to focus on defeating Biden in Nov.
Neither man will be formally selected until his party’s conventions this summer. But Biden has already been using the political and financial apparatus of the Democratic National Committee. And last week, the Trump campaign effectively took over the Republican National Committee, imposing mass layoffs Monday as it reshapes the party’s operations.
That Trump was able to lock up the Republican nomination fairly quickly demonstrates the grasp he has kept on the party and his conservative base, despite his 2020 loss and failed efforts to overturn it; and his 91 felony charges in four criminal cases. Similarly, Biden faced little opposition in his march to the nomination, dominating every contest by wide margins. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the political scion and environmental lawyer, dropped out of the Democratic nominating contest to run as an independent.
Both men’s strength in their primaries may belie weaknesses within their coalitions that could pose difficulty for them in Nov, particularly given that the 2020 election was decided by narrow margins in just a handful of states. In some places, Trump still performed comparatively weaker with voters in suburban areas and those who identify as moderates or independents. For Biden, voters have questioned his age and his record, even as economic indicators improve.
Their Nov collision began to look even more likely after Trump scored a decisive win in Iowa in Jan. His victory cleared the field of all but one of his major Republican rivals and put him on a glide path to his party’s nomination. His last remaining primary challenger, Nikki Haley, suspended her campaign last week, further clearing a path that had already been remarkably free of obstacles for a candidate facing considerable legal problems.
AP named Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee after projecting his victory in Georgia, while Trump was designated the presumptive Republican nominee after he swept the GOP contests in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington. Later, Trump captured the Republican caucuses in Hawaii. Biden needed 1,968 delegates to win the nomination, while Trump clinched the 1,215 delegates required to secure the Republican nomination.
Tuesday’s results cleared the way for a 2024 general election campaign that, at just under eight months, is set to be one of the longest in modern American history and will be the country’s first presidential rematch in 68 years. The last presidential rematch came in 1956, when Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower again defeated Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic opponent he had four years prior.
Already, Trump and Biden had shifted their focus away from the primaries. In a statement, Biden said he was honoured that Democratic voters “have put their faith in me once again to lead our party – and our country – in a moment when the threat Trump poses is greater than ever.” In a video posted on social media, Trump called Tuesday a “great day of victory,” but said it was immediately time to focus on defeating Biden in Nov.
Neither man will be formally selected until his party’s conventions this summer. But Biden has already been using the political and financial apparatus of the Democratic National Committee. And last week, the Trump campaign effectively took over the Republican National Committee, imposing mass layoffs Monday as it reshapes the party’s operations.
That Trump was able to lock up the Republican nomination fairly quickly demonstrates the grasp he has kept on the party and his conservative base, despite his 2020 loss and failed efforts to overturn it; and his 91 felony charges in four criminal cases. Similarly, Biden faced little opposition in his march to the nomination, dominating every contest by wide margins. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the political scion and environmental lawyer, dropped out of the Democratic nominating contest to run as an independent.
Both men’s strength in their primaries may belie weaknesses within their coalitions that could pose difficulty for them in Nov, particularly given that the 2020 election was decided by narrow margins in just a handful of states. In some places, Trump still performed comparatively weaker with voters in suburban areas and those who identify as moderates or independents. For Biden, voters have questioned his age and his record, even as economic indicators improve.
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