Will Joe Biden be elected to a second term? Can Donald Trump, favorite in the Republican primaries, beat him despite the multiple lawsuits looming against him? The year 2024 promises to be a busy year in the United States before the election of the next president of the world’s leading power on November 5. Le Figaro draws up the calendar of events leading up to the presidential election.
Before the Democratic Party, the Republicans launch their primary in the state of Iowa with the famous caucus. This is an election organized by the party itself, and not by the State, during several neighborhood meetings during which the representatives of the candidates have the opportunity to defend their choice in front of the voters before the vote. . Donald Trump intends to make a big impact on January 15 so that no suspense remains as to the Republican candidate who will face Joe Biden, the very likely Democratic candidate.
While Joe Biden had asked to launch the Republican primary in South Carolina which has more African-American voters to have a first result of representative advantage, the state of New Hampshire ultimately decided to keep its traditional role which gives the start of the primaries.
Joe Biden, however, withdrew from the polls in this state but this should not have an impact on the final result, the current American president having no serious competitor in this race for the presidency before the time. Voters will therefore have the choice between the relatively unknown congressman Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson, an author of books on personal development, both very far from Joe Biden in the polls.
The real significant launch of the Democratic primary will therefore be held on February 3 in accordance with Joe Biden’s wish.
The former US president is due to appear in Washington for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and cling to power.
This is the most important day of the primary for both parties. Around fifteen states must vote, including California and Texas. On a single day, a third of the delegates needed to win the nomination in the presidential election are at stake.
Among the states concerned, Maine and Colorado announced that they had judged Donald Trump unfit for the presidency, explaining that under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which excludes from any public responsibility people who have engaged in acts of ” insurrection”, the former president would not appear on the ballot. But until the Supreme Court has ruled, the decision will not be implemented.
Only three weeks after the first trial in Washington, the former Republican president has another meeting with justice on March 25 in New York. He must answer for suspicious payments to a former porn actress.
It is in Florida that the third trial in less than three months will be organized against the ex-president, accused of negligent management of state secrets after his departure from the White House. Note that a fourth trial, undoubtedly the most dangerous for the former president, cannot be ruled out this year: Donald Trump is also being prosecuted in Georgia, where his famous mug shot was taken .
The last states will vote on June 4 for the Republicans and on June 8 for the Democrats, marking the end of the primaries for the presidential election. To win a nomination on the Republican side, you must obtain at least half of the 2,467 delegates at stake. For the Democrats, you must obtain nearly 2,000 out of around 4,000. Donald Trump, like Joe Biden, should have no difficulty winning the nominations , according to current polls.
These major political events formalize the nomination of candidates from each party and truly launch the presidential campaign. This year, the Republican Party decided to organize its convention in Milwaukee in the state of Wisconsin where Joe Biden won against Donald Trump in 2020 by only 20,000 votes.
A month later, the Democratic Party meets in Chicago, Illinois. Traditionally, the ruling party comes second.
Election Day was set for the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. American citizens will elect 538 members of the United States Electoral College, or “electors,” on this day in the 60th United States presidential election.
After the vote of the electors on December 17, the results are confirmed in Congress. On January 6, 2021, the Capitol was stormed by a pro-Trump crowd who contested the results.
January 20 will mark the end of this election year with the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States of America (46th if Joe Biden is re-elected). The head of state takes the oath and moves into the White House.
