On Monday voters in Iowa begin the nationwide process of deciding which candidates will be on the ballot in November’s US presidential election. Most expect it to once again be a competition between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Control of the House of Representatives, the Senate and various state governments will also be decided. So, how is this year’s election cycle likely to unfold, which issues will dominate, and how will this election differ from those we’ve seen before? Shaun Ley is joined by: Julia Azari, a professor of political science at Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Julia Manchester, a reporter for The Hill John Prideaux, US Editor for The Economist Produced by Paul Schuster and Max Horberry (Photo: A voter casts her ballot at a polling station on Election Day in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S., November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
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On Monday, the race for the White House begins in earnest as voters in the Midwestern state of Iowa decide which politician they want to be on the ballot.
We want your vote on January 15th.
We're asking you to caucus for us.
We can't have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos.
We won't survive it.
And Ron Desantimonious and Nikki Haley and all the rest of the pack will never do what it takes to secure the border.
They'll never do what it takes to make our country great again.
They're never going to do it.
I know him.
I know them all very well.
The Iowa caucus is just the first in months of voting across America's 50 states as Republicans determine who will represent their party in the presidential election on 5 November.
Former President Donald Trump is favorite.
The Democrats, too, are holding primaries, but with the sitting president intending to run for re election.
Barring unforeseen events, Joe Biden will likely be their standard bearer once again.
He says the stakes this year couldn't be higher.