US elections are six months away. How does the race stand and what’s next?
2024-05-06 09:01:57 source：The Aljazeera
May 5, 2024
A crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protests, Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, and political bickering over foreign aid and immigration have dominated headlines in the United States in recent weeks.
The issues have shone a spotlight on deep divisions in the country as it moves closer to what is expected to be a heated battle for the White House between incumbent President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and his Republican predecessor, Trump.
But for most people across the US, the presidential election on November 5 — exactly six months from Sunday — is not yet on their radars.
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