After what Joe Biden announced this Sunday that he is not continuing in the race for reelection As President of the United States, the Democratic Party faces the abyss of having to choose a candidate who will face Donald Trump in the presidential elections on November 5.

It is the first time that a candidate withdraws so late from the electoral process. “This is unprecedented,” the Democratic National Committee said Sunday, with just over three months to go until the election. Moreover, it has done so after securing a majority of delegates in the primary process and less than a month before the Democratic Convention. But what steps should the party take now?

First of all, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has expressed that It will be a “transparent and orderly” process to replace the US president and “move forward as a united Democratic Party with a candidate who can defeat Donald Trump in November.”

The process

First, the president must inform the CND of its decision to withdrawFollowing this, the DNC must hold an emergency meeting at which its rules and regulations committee will establish the process for carrying out the process.

Joe Biden’s replacement candidate to be announced at Democratic Conventionwhich will take place in Chicago between August 19 and 22. A decision in which the current president of the United States will have a great capacity to determine his replacement, since he currently controls 3,908 of the 3,939 delegates.

Another option is for Biden to release his delegates to vote freely for the possible candidates who come forward. The winner would be the candidate who obtained the support of at least 1,976 delegates.

Once the Democratic Party’s candidate for the 2024 presidential race for the White House has been chosen, he or she will announce who will accompany him or her in the vice presidency at the convention next August.

Kamala Harris candidate?

Joe Biden has publicly expressed his “full support and backing” for his vice president, Kamala Harristhrough a comment she posted on her X account. “It’s time to unite and defeat Trump. Let’s do it,” she added. In addition, she said that choosing her as vice president in 2020 was the “best decision” she has ever made.

For her part, Harris has confirmed that she will run as a candidate through a statement, in which she says she is “honored to have the president’s support.” She has also promised that she will do “everything in her power” to “unite the Democratic Party and defeat Donald Trump and its extremist Project 2025.”