Biden and Trump can secure their presidential nominations in this Tuesday’s primaries

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The President of the United States, Joe Biden, and the former President Donald Trump will mathematically become the candidates of their respective parties for the White House on Tuesday night, following the primaries in several states.

The Republican Party is holding primary elections in Georgia, Mississippi, Hawaii, and Washington, four states that distribute a total of 161 delegates.

Trump, who currently has 1,078, needs 137 to reach the magic number of 1,215 delegates with which he will be virtually considered as the Republican candidate.

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After his last rival in the conservative contest, Nikki Haley, suspended her campaign following the debacle of last week's Super Tuesday, Trump should have no problem securing the delegates he needs.

In the Democratic field, Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington are voting, which elect 235 delegates, of which Biden, who now has 1,872, only requires 96 to reach the 1,968 necessary to secure the nomination.

In addition to these three states, the primaries have already been held this Tuesday in the territory of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, where Biden won its six delegates at stake.

The president has faced protest votes for his support of Israel in states like Michigan or Minnesota, and it is expected that this could be repeated tonight in the state of Washington, but even though this may cost him a handful of delegates, it does not threaten his victory.

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In this way, both Biden and Trump will have quickly finalized their primary processes almost three months before they end on June 4.

Although from tonight both will be mathematically the presidential candidates, they will still have to wait for the summer conventions for their parties to officially proclaim them.

The Republican National Convention will take place from July 15 to 18 in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), while the Democratic National Convention will be in Chicago (Illinois) from August 19 to 22.