Democratic primary
The Democratic Party will select its presidential nominee at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will be held on August 19-22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. On March 12, 2024, Joe Biden (D) crossed the threshold of the majority of delegates required for the Democratic Party nomination, making him the likely Democratic candidate.
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries are held to allocate delegates to the convention. To learn more about the 2024 primary schedule, click here. These delegates, along with superdelegates, which come from the party leadership, vote at the convention to select the nominee.
Republican primary
The Republican Party will select its presidential nominee at the 2024 Republican National Convention, which will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15-18, 2024. Prior to the convention, each state, Washington, D.C., and the five U.S. territories will hold a primary, caucus, or convention to decide how to allocate delegates to the national convention. These nominating events typically begin in February of an election year, although the dates for the 2024 primary are still unknown.
The Republican National Committee began holding primary debates in August 2023, with the first debate taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
On March 12, 2024, Donald Trump passed the delegate majority threshold required for the Republican nomination, making him the presumptive Republican nominee.