Biden, Trump secure victories in Louisiana's presidential primary after securing nominations

Louisiana and Missouri primary elections

Voters are hitting the polls in both Missouri and Louisiana. Missouri with a one sided election only holding an election for Democratic candidates today, while voters in Louisiana elections are being held both Republican and Democrat.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to rack up delegates despite having secured their nominations after winning Louisiana's primary on Saturday.

Biden also appeared in Missouri's Democratic primary. However, results are not expected to be reported until next week.

The men's victories are not a surprise. Biden and Trump have already beaten their major competitors. But the primary races are still closely watched by insiders for turnout and signs of protest voters.

For Biden, some liberals are registering their anger with Israel’s war against Hamas following the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. More than 30,000 people, two-thirds of them women and children, have been reported killed by Gaza authorities since Israel launched its offensive. A protest movement launched by Arab American communities in Michigan has spread to several other states.

2024 Presidential Election: Biden vs. Trump

Arizona will be a key battleground state in November for both Biden and Trump as they seek another term in the White House.

Trump is his party’s dominant figure and has locked up a third straight Republican nomination. But he faces dissent from people worried about the immense legal jeopardy he faces or critical of his White House term, which ended shortly after the Jan. 6 insurrection mounted by his supporters and fueled by his false theories of election fraud.

Saturday’s primary was the Missouri Democratic Party’s first party-run presidential contest since a new law took effect in August 2022. Louisiana’s primaries, meanwhile, come almost four years after the state was the first to postpone its primaries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.