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On Super Tuesday, 15 states will vote on who should challenge US President Joe Biden in November.
Washington DC – What is at stake on Super Tuesday?
Today, 865 Republican convention delegates will be distributed - that's more than a third of all delegates.
If Nikki Haley again clearly loses to Donald Trump in most of the 15 states, she is expected to take the consequences and drop out of the race.
Super Tuesday: Trump relies on 1,215 delegates
Based on the primary election results, the delegates are distributed who will officially name the presidential candidate at a party conference.
The Republicans need at least 1,215 of the 2,429 delegates for the nomination.
According to the NY Times
count,
Trump has so far collected 273 delegate votes, Haley only 43.
Surname |
Voices |
|---|---|
Donald Trump |
273 |
Nikki Haley |
43 |
Ron DeSantis (retired) |
9 |
Vivek Ramaswamy (retired) |
3 |
Among the Democrats, President Joe Biden sails safely through the primaries because he has no serious competitors.
Nevertheless, the votes are a measure of how popular the president is among the grassroots.
Biden suffered a severe setback in the primary election in Michigan: More than 100,000 eligible voters refused to vote for him by checking “neutral”.
The background is criticism of Biden's support in the war in Israel;
There is a high proportion of Muslim voters in Michigan.
Super Tuesday 2024: Republican Donald Trump three days before in the election campaign in North Carolina © Megan Smith/Imago
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Trump has won the primaries in these states so far:
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New Hampshire
Nevada
South Carolina
Idaho
Michigan
Missouri
U.S. Virgin Islands (External Territory)
Haley could only win in the capital, Washington.
In the course of the primaries, Trump's competitors threw in the towel in droves, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
US election 2024: What happens after the primaries?
The Republican and Democratic primaries run until the beginning of June.
The Republican nomination convention will take place from July 15th to 18th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Democrats will nominate their presidential candidate at a party conference from August 19th to 22nd in Chicago, Illinois.
The hot phase of the election campaign begins after the Democratic Party Convention at the latest.
It also includes three television debates between the presidential candidates.
The election will then take place on November 5th.
Is another duel between Biden or Trump finally certain?
The looming rematch of the 2020 duel is not a tempting prospect for many US voters: According to a February poll, the majority consider both the 81-year-old Biden and the 77-year-old Trump to be too old for the job.
(AFP/frs)