Can a third candidate influence the US presidential race?

Currently, the likelihood is that the upcoming presidential elections will be a race between current President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump.

Former President Donald Trump already has a photograph as a suspect and an identification number, due to several criminal charges against him. But Mr. Trump completely denies that he committed any violations, and some of the surveys published indicate that, so far, he was not abandoning his supporters.

In fact, many of the candidates in the preliminary race to ensure the Republican Party's official appointment say they will back Mr. Trump if he is elected as the republic's presidential candidate.

One of them is Mr. Vivek Ramaswamy, who said on the show “This week” of American TV ABC that he supports Mr. Trump even if he disagrees with some of his actions while he was president.

I think that many of these cases against Mr. Trump are completely politicised persecution through prosecution. This sets a terrible example for our country. I don't want to be like the Republican Banana, where the administrative part of the state uses police force to eliminate rivals from the” race, he says.

The promises of support that the republican candidates made to Mr. Trump were strongly criticised by Democrat Senator Tim Caine in an interview given to ABC television.

If you're not willing to say that Mr. Donald Trump's behavior has tried to prevent the peaceful transition of power is disqualifying behavior, does it deserve to be resolved, if you promise to vote for him or forgive him?

As the election season approaches in the United States, the governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununou, who was interviewed on the show “Meeting with the NBC Journalists, shared some advice with the Republicans who, like him, oppose Mr. Trump and worry about some political advantages that the Democrats are already winning at the local level in some countries, including his country.

“should not customize issues. It does what is in the interest of residents who are serving them, regardless of the party they belong to. From the perspective, I'm fiscal conservative and I want to support Republican ideals, but that doesn't mean we have to bend and break the rules”.

Although attention is currently focused on the possible presidential race between Mr. Trump and current President Biden, a third candidate could change the race. Former Republican State Governor Maryland Larry Hogan was asked about his political ambitions during the CBS television programme “Faces the Nation”.

I haven't closed the door in that direction yet. If I think we can win; that we have a powerful team; that those two candidates are weak; maybe we can try to do something that has never been done”, he says.

Analysts stress that there is more than a year until the upcoming elections and that American votes may be influenced by other factors beyond Mr. Trump's legal problems and Mr. Biden's postponed age. / VOA