He The President of the United States, Joe Biden, and former President Donald Trump Tonight, after primaries in several states, they will mathematically become their parties’ candidates for the White House.
He The Republican Party holds primaries in Georgia, Mississippi, Hawaii and Washington, four states that distribute a total of 161 delegates.
Trump, who currently has 1,078, needs 137 of these 161 to reach the magic number of 1,215 delegates with which he will be considered the de facto Republican nominee.
After the last rival in the conservative race, Nikki Haley If he suspended his campaign after last week’s Super Tuesday disaster, Trump should have no problem getting the delegates he needs.
In it Democratic field voting of Georgia, Mississippi and Washington, which elect 235 delegates, of which Biden, who now has 1,872, needs only 96 to reach the 1,968 needed for the candidacy.
In addition to these three states, primaries were already held this Tuesday in the area of the Northern Mariana Islands, in the Pacific, where Biden won his six delegates at stake.
The president faced a protest vote for his support for Israel in states like Michigan or Minnesota and it is expected that it could happen again tonight in Washington state, but while it may take away a handful of delegates, it does not threaten his victory.
In this way, both Biden as trump They will speed up their primary processes for almost three months before they end on June 4.
Although the two will mathematically be presidential candidates from tonight, they will still have to wait for the summer parliaments for their parties to officially announce them.
The Republican National Convention will be held from July 15 to 18 in Miwaukee (Wisconsin), while Democratic National Convention It will be in Chicago (Illinois) from August 19 to 22. AND
Source: Panama America
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