Joe Biden and Donald Trump obtained on Tuesday the number of delegates necessary to be invested by their respective parties for the presidential election next November.
The return match is taking shape between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump for the presidential election on November 5.
On Tuesday, the two candidates took a decisive step forward by each winning the necessary number of delegates to ensure their party’s nomination (1968 delegates for the Democrat, 1215 for the Republican).
If the process comes to an end, it will be the first time since 1912 that two presidents will face each other.
At 81, Joe Biden already has a record: that of being the oldest president in the history of the United States to represent himself while Donald Trump, 77 years old, risks decades in prison as a defendant in four ongoing criminal cases.
In a brief statement, outgoing President Joe Biden celebrated his nomination while introducing Donald Trump as a serious threat to democracyaccused of waging “a campaign of resentment, vengeance and retribution that threatens the very idea of America.”
But the unpopularity of Joe Biden, given in many polls several points behind his Republican opponent, particularly in the pivotal states that will decide the election, worries the Democrats. Considerations about his age worry his camp. The left of the party also criticizes Joe Biden for his support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza. But the Democrat is convinced of being able to win his bet once again against a very controversial opponent.
“Despite the challenges we faced when I took office, we are turning the corner: wages are rising faster than inflation, jobs are coming back, consumer confidence has soared.” Joe Biden said. “Amidst this progress, we face a sobering reality: Liberty and democracy are under threat at home as they have not been since the Civil War.”
Donald Trump also quickly reacted to his nomination. “It is a great honor for me to represent the Republican Party as a candidate in the presidential election,” said D. Trump. “Our party is united and strongand fully understands that we are running against the worst, most incompetent, most corrupt, and most destructive president in American history.”
But like his rival, Donald Trump also arouses the rejection of part of the conservative electorate despite his near-total takeover of the Republican Party. About a quarter of the Republican electorate chose to support other candidates in the primaries.
The official nominations of the two candidates will take place this summer at the conventions of each party, in July in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the Republicans, and in August in Chicago, Illinois, for the Democrats.