{"id":612567,"date":"2023-12-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/12\/25\/its-presidential-election-season-in-the-us-of-a-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2023-12-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T00:00:00","slug":"its-presidential-election-season-in-the-us-of-a-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/12\/25\/its-presidential-election-season-in-the-us-of-a-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s presidential election season in the US of A. Here\u2019s what you need to know."},"content":{"rendered":"

Politics junkies will be in their glory for the coming 10 (and a bit) months<\/strong> as candidates for the US presidency jockey first for their party\u2019s nomination and then to take it all when the nation votes on Tuesday, 5 November 2024. Herewith, Enterprise\u2019s every-four-years rundown on the <\/strong>key dates and happenings<\/a><\/strong> you need to watch<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Most pundits presume Donald Trump and Joe Biden will go head-to-head<\/strong> in a replay of the 2020 poll, but both men need to first take their party\u2019s nomination \u2014 and Trump has legal hurdles to clear. On a federal level, one of the cases Trump is facing is the federal indictment accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Trump argues he is immune<\/a> to the charges as he was president at the time. Lawyers working on the case won\u2019t be celebrating New Year\u2019s Eve this year as written briefs in the case are to be filed on 2 January, and the appeals court will hear oral arguments on 9 January. <\/p>\n

On a state level, the Colorado Supreme Court ruling <\/strong>has already pushed Trump<\/a><\/strong> off the <\/strong>ballot there<\/strong>, with judges staying the ruling from taking effect until 4 January, \"subject to further appellate proceedings.\" The ruling is expected to be appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court if needed.<\/p>\n

This might not really matter at the end of the day.<\/strong> Trump lost the state to Biden by over 13 percentage points in 2020. He also lost it to Hillary Clinton by almost five percentage points four years earlier. In fact, The Centennial state is seen as a safe democratic one<\/a> and no Republican presidential candidate has carried it since George W Bush in 2004. <\/p>\n

Legal questions aside, the first stage of the elections is the primaries and caucuses<\/strong>, which are state-level contests to select delegates who will vote for their party\u2019s nominee at the national conventions. These start in January and end in June, with some variation depending on the state. The most important dates are: <\/p>\n