Biden, Trump set for presidential rematch after nomination

Joe Biden and Donald Trump both won enough delegates to be called the presumptive presidential candidates, kicking off the first rematch of a U.S. presidential election since 1956.

President Biden won the Democratic nomination with the “magic number” of 1,968 delegates as Georgia primary results began to come in Tuesday night.

Primary results have also been released for Mississippi, Washington state, the Northern Mariana Islands and for Democrats living abroad.

Trump, meanwhile, won Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state, gaining the 1,215 delegates needed to clinch the Republican presidential nomination. Associated Press explain.

Biden issued a statement after winning the Democratic nomination, targeting what he said was Trump’s “campaign of resentment, revenge and revenge that threatens the very idea of ​​America.”

“Voters now have a choice about the future of this country. Will we stand up and defend our democracy, or let others destroy it? Will we restore the right to choose and protect our freedoms, or let extremists take our freedoms away? ?” He said.

Biden, 81, does not face any serious Democratic challenge in his re-election bid, despite low approval ratings and a lack of enthusiasm among voters for his presidency (due in part to his age).

A recent survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research showed that only 38% of U.S. adults approve of the way Biden is handling the job of being president, while 61% disapprove.

Trump’s last opponent for the Republican nomination, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, ended her presidential campaign last week after Super Tuesday, when Trump won 15 states in the race. 14.

On the eve of Tuesday’s primary, Trump conceded that Biden would be the Democratic nominee even as he launched new attacks on the president’s age.

“I think he’s going to be the nominee,” Trump said of Biden on CNBC. “Besides life, life itself, I am his only opponent.”

“I look forward to hosting more and more of these events,” Biden said, later joking about his age. “I know I don’t look like much, but I’ve been around for a while.”