Super Tuesday; Trump’s fight to return and bid farewell to the White House with Biden.
American voters in 15 states and one territory of this country will choose their candidates for elections today (Tuesday-March 5th) or “Big Tuesday”.
What do we know about Holy Tuesday?
This is the same day that most US states hold primary elections. Candidates in primary elections in the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, as well as American Samoa, which is considered one of the self-governing territories of the United States, with They compete with each other.
Republican primaries will be held in all of these 15 states, and Democrats will participate in all of these states except Alaska.
How many delegates are available for candidate competition?
Officials or representatives of each party, known as delegates, are awarded to the top candidate based on the outcome of each contest. The approval of each person’s nomination in the respective party depends on obtaining a certain number of delegates, and these delegates finally introduce the desired candidate on the day of the political gathering (party convention).
On Shrove Tuesday, in total, Republican Party candidates will compete for at least 865 and Democratic candidates for at least 1,420 delegates.
Trump’s campaign has predicted that he will have at least 773 delegates in his pocket on this day. He has already won the votes of 247 representatives.
The candidate of the Republican Party needs at least 1,215 delegates to participate in the November elections, and this magic number for the Democratic Party is 1,968 delegates.
What does Big Tuesday have in store for Trump?
The front-runner of the Republican Party, with a significant lead in the polls, hopes to eliminate his last challenger, Nikki Haley. The former US ambassador to the United Nations, despite 6 consecutive defeats in 6 states against Trump, has not given up the race.
And as for Biden; The wacky old man who lives in the White House
The Democratic President of the United States considers the nomination of this party in the November elections almost certain for him. Of course, Biden’s campaign suffered a serious injury in the February 27 Michigan primary. In this election, 13% of the voters chose the “non-aligned” option as a sign of protest against Biden’s policies towards the Zionist regime and support for this regime in the Gaza war.
Other influential and decisive competitions
South Carolina’s general election is also the scene of an exciting battle on Big Tuesday. In 2020, Trump defeated Biden in this state by just over one percentage point.
Also, after the ruling of the US Supreme Court and the cancellation of the ruling of the Colorado court that had voted to remove Trump’s name from the state’s internal party election ballots, now the former US president’s eligibility to participate in all intra-party contests has been confirmed; An issue that has doubled the sensitivity of the primaries on Great Tuesday as well as the final elections in November 2024 in the United States.