The 2024 presidential election will be a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, confirmed by the party primaries which are completed earlier than usual. One candidate is so far ahead that he has skipped early debates, while Americans have to wait until the end of March or beyond to know who the challenger is likely to be. The Republican primary could effectively be finished by the end of February, and attention will shift from Mr Trump the candidate to his federal trial for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, which starts on March 4th. His campaign will use this timing to portray cases against him as a left-wing plot to prevent him from winning a second term and invite backers to vote for him and donate to his legal fund as an act of defiance. Mr Trump's favourite political technique is to turn whatever he stands accused of back against his accusers, while he is actually on trial in a federal court for undermining American democracy.
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