President Biden has emerged as the Democratic presidential nominee after sweeping victories in four states on Tuesday. The Associated Press has projected that Biden will win in Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio. These victories come just one week after Biden secured the nomination for the 2024 presidential race by winning last week’s contests.
On the Republican side, former President Donald Trump has also clinched the GOP nomination for the 2024 presidential race. Both Biden and Trump will officially become their parties’ nominees at the Democratic and Republican national nominating conventions later this summer. This sets the stage for a 2024 rematch between the two candidates, a prospect that many Americans seem less than enthusiastic about, according to recent polls.
President Biden wasted no time in hitting the campaign trail, making stops in Arizona and Nevada, two crucial battleground states that he narrowly won over Trump in the 2020 election. These states will likely play a significant role in the general election as both candidates vie for their support.
It is worth noting that the general election campaign has begun earlier than usual, with the nomination races concluding in March. The last time a campaign started this early was in 2004 when Senator John Kerry secured the Democratic nomination and faced off against Republican President George W. Bush. The upcoming showdown between Biden and Trump marks the first time since 1956 that a presidential rematch has taken place, with Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeating former Democratic Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois in their second face-off.
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