On March 5th, the political primaries ended. Across 15 states, voting took place to select a presidential nominee for both the Republicans and Democrats. The results of Super Tuesday were not in the least bit shocking to anyone. Former President Donald Trump won 14 out of the 15 states that voted in the Republican primary. Current President Joe Biden swept every other state in his Democratic Primary. In the weeks following, more primaries were held in a few other states, and Donald Trump and Joe Biden respectively secured their parties’ nominations for President.
With the Republican field now completely cleared out with Nikki Haley dropping out the day after Super Tuesday where she only won one state, being the great state of Vermont. Trump is now fully in the driver’s seat of his party and the Republican electorate, and he has begun making his way across dozens of state lines for his re-bid to the American people as to why they should let him back in the White House. He has been hitting this election’s big key swing states: Pennsylvania Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina. Both Trump and Biden have been ramping up campaign events in these states.
Now the candidates are set in their nominations, the key issues of what this election hinges on have started to define and solidify in the media zeitgeist. Big key issues of this election from what is gathered from the media and polls by the American people are: Abortion, immigration, Inflation, America’s involvement on the global stage, and Trump’s legal issues. These issues have been packed in every speech, event and rally given by Trump and Biden.
Most polls show a tight race between the two candidates, A race that will continue to tighten around the throats of Americans as we are dragged along to 2024. This election is once again a show of close fighting with each candidate making a cry that if you elect them, they will “be saving democracy”. This type of political polarization that is being boosted by each campaign respectively, makes most Americans feel another sluggish reluctance to take part in the 2024 democratic process.