The US will begin the presidential election cycle in the state of Iowa on January 15

He Republican Party The electoral assemblies will be held in the state of Iowa on January 15 to choose the party’s presidential candidate, an event that will begin the 2024 electoral cycle in USAwith a view to presidential of November 5.

Jeff Kaufmann, chairman of the Iowa Conservatives, made the announcement Saturday via Twitter.

The states of the nation choose their candidates through the assemblies or “Caucus”in which local party leaders hold group meetings to discuss who to vote for, or through primaries, in which voters choose from a list of candidates on a ballot paper.

Kaufmann noted that both the Iowa legislative and executive “They advanced” to the plans of the democrats of that state, who wanted to change the traditional system of “Caucus” for one of primaries.

The state of Iowa has traditionally been first on the electoral calendar, followed by New Hampshire.

The Democrats, for their part, have chosen to make South Carolina the first date in their primary election process, on February 3.

New Hampshire law requires that your primary be the “first in the nation” and technically it will be, since the system used in Iowa is that of assemblies.

In this way, the Republican candidates who have officially presented themselves so far, more than a dozen, have a little more than six months to consolidate their campaigns.

At the moment, the polls continue to favor former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), who has a series of legal proceedings against him that could hinder, but not prevent, his path to the presidency.

Among others, he is facing a criminal lawsuit in Florida for the mishandling of confidential documents after finishing his term.

The former president is followed in the polls by his political godson, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, with whom he has now distanced himself.

Source: EFE