It is becoming increasingly likely that Americans will decide to change tenants in the White House in the November election. According to the latest polls, both Donald Trump and his Republican competitors: Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis have a chance of defeating President Biden.
As early as January 2025, the Republican Party’s candidate could be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. Will it be Donald Trump? So far there are many indications of this. The former president crushed his rivals in the Iowa caucuses, winning more than 51 percent. to vote. No candidate has ever won such a clear victory since 1972, that is, since the first primaries were held in this state (Trump himself won only 24% here in 2016). His rivals in the race for the Republican Party nomination lagged far behind. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took second place in Iowa (with 21 percent of the vote), and third place was taken by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (with 19 percent of the vote). The fourth candidate – the 38-year-old businessman of Indian descent, Vivek Ramaswamy – received only 8 percent in Iowa. to vote. That’s why he quickly announced his withdrawal from the race and officially supported efforts to nominate Donald Trump.
A marathon, not a sprint
However, the primaries in the small agricultural state of Iowa are mainly symbolic. You can only get 1.6 percent here. delegates. And historically, they have rarely named the eventual winner of the race for the party nomination and the White House. Over the past five decades, only six Iowa winners became official candidates, and only three Iowa winners became U.S. presidents (Jimmy Carter in 1976, George W. Bush in 2000, and Barack Obama in 2008). Iowa does not reflect the demographic structure and political leanings of America as a whole. But the state’s primaries are important for another reason: They help narrow the field of candidates.
Source: Do Rzeczy
Roy Brown is a renowned economist and author at The Nation View. He has a deep understanding of the global economy and its intricacies. He writes about a wide range of economic topics, including monetary policy, fiscal policy, international trade, and labor markets.
