The president and former president may win enough delegates by Tuesday night.
Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump may well earn enough delegates to clinch the nominations for their respective parties on Tuesday,Should Trump be able to mathematically cross the Republican National delegate threshold then, the 2024 Republican race would be one of the shortest highly contested presidential primaries since the modern nomination process took shape in the 1970s.
But first, both candidates have to finish winning their nominations, which is done by earning delegates based on the amount of votes they receive. For Democrats, 254 delegates are at stake on Tuesday. Thus far, Biden has won 1,868 delegates according to ABC News’ current estimate. To win the nomination, 1,968 delegates are needed -- and Biden just needs to win 100 more delegates to reach that threshold.
Trump’s last major remaining rival for the GOP nomination, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, suspended her campaign one day after Super Tuesday last week, when she lost 14 contests but won the Vermont primary. Haley had also won the Washington D.C. contest, which put her at 91 delegates earned, according to ABC News estimates.
Biden's path to his nomination has faced fewer challengers than Trump did, though he has been running against long shot candidates including author and speaker Marianne Williamson, who also ran in 2020, and Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips.
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