Trump (right) and Biden (left) are the most prominent candidates for the 2024 US presidential elections (agencies)

The United States is witnessing primary elections to choose candidates for the race for the White House, as American voters are scheduled to go to the polls on November 5 of this year to choose a president for the country.

The political system in the United States is dominated by only two parties, and all American presidents in the modern era belong to one of them: the Liberal Democratic Party, to which current President Joe Biden belongs, and the conservative Republican Party, to which his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, belonged.

Trump and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley are competing for the Republican Party's nomination for the presidential elections, while Biden is the actual Democratic Party candidate.

A number of independent candidates aspiring to run in the race for the White House are also competing. This is information about the candidates for the presidential race and those seeking to obtain their party’s nomination for it:

Competitors for the Republican Party nomination

Former US President Donald Trump is the most likely candidate to win the Republican Party nomination for the presidential race (Reuters)

Donald Trump

Donald Trump (77 years old) is considered the most likely candidate for the Republican Party nomination, despite the cases filed against him in American courts, which is unprecedented in the history of the United States.

Trump has used his prosecution in several cases to enhance his popularity among Republicans and raise funds for his election campaign, until he became the most prominent Republican candidate, as the latest opinion polls indicate that 64% of Republicans support him.

Trump won early nomination contests in the states of Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. He seeks to replace the leadership of the Republican National Committee and select his top allies before the party's national convention to choose its candidate for the elections next July.

Polls indicate that Haley's support does not exceed 19% of the Republican Party's audience, which weakens her chances against Trump (Reuters)

Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley (52 years old), a former governor of South Carolina who was America's ambassador to the United Nations under Trump, focuses on her relative youth compared to Biden (81 years old) and Trump (77 years old), as well as her background, as she comes from an immigrant family from India.

Haley has gained a reputation in the Republican Party as a strong conservative who can address issues related to women and race more credibly than many of her peers.

However, the latest opinion polls indicate that her support rate among Republicans does not exceed 19%, which reduces her chances against Trump, who has the support of about 64% of Republicans.

Competitors for the Democratic Party nomination

Current President Joe Biden faces challenges related to questioning his mental abilities due to his advanced age (Reuters)

Joe Biden

Biden, who is considered the oldest US president ever, will have to convince voters that he can handle remaining in office for another four years in light of his weak approval ratings and a recent report from a special adviser that suggested that he suffers from a weak memory.

Biden criticized the report, and his allies say he believes he is the only Democratic candidate capable of defeating Trump and protecting democracy. The most recent Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Biden receiving a support rating of 34%, while Trump received 37%, with a margin of error estimated at 2.9 percentage points.

Biden is facing sharp criticism from some of his Democratic colleagues for his support of Israel in its war on the Gaza Strip and his rejection of a ceasefire despite the fall of more than 28,400 Palestinian martyrs, the massive destruction inflicted on the Strip and the siege imposed on its residents by the Israeli occupation.

Dean Phillips (Reuters)

Dean Phillips

Dean Phillips (55 years old), a little-known member of the US Congress from the state of Minnesota, announced last October that he would run in the difficult race against Biden because he believed that the president was unable to win another term.

Phillips, a millionaire and businessman, raises the slogan of reforming America and its economy, but he failed to win the support of any Democratic Party delegates in South Carolina, ranked second in New Hampshire, and did not appear on the ballot in Nevada.

Independent candidates

Robert Kennedy Jr., independent candidate (Reuters)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Robert Kennedy, 70, is running as an independent candidate after initially challenging Biden for the Democratic nomination, but he is far behind in opinion polls.

Recent opinion polls conducted by Reuters/Ipsos showed that Kennedy may negatively affect Biden's popularity more than his influence on Trump in the presidential elections, because independent candidates influence the results of the US elections even if they do not win them.

Philosopher and political activist Cornel West promised to eradicate poverty and provide housing for Americans (Reuters)

Cornell West

American political activist Cornel West (70 years old) announced his intention to run in the 2024 US presidential elections as an independent candidate.

West, an African-American philosopher and academic, initially announced that he would run for the Green Party, but last October he said that people “want good politics instead of partisan politics,” and announced his candidacy as an independent, promising to eradicate poverty and provide housing for the poor. .

Doctor and politician Jill Stein (73 years old), candidate for the Green Party (Reuters)

Jill Stein

Doctor Jill Stein (73 years old) announced last November her intention to run for the Green Party, through which she ran in 2016, and accused the Democrats of breaking their promises “towards workers, youth, and climate issues many times, while Republicans did not even provide such These are the promises in the first place.

Stein raised millions of dollars for a recount of votes after Trump's surprise victory in the 2016 elections, and this only resulted in a recount of votes in the state of Wisconsin, where the results showed that Trump had won.

Source: Al Jazeera + Reuters