The Republicans are running a primary, though the candidate with by far the most support isn't taking part. Trump will be on the primary ballot and always loves

The Republicans are running a primary, though the candidate with by far the most support isn't taking part. Trump will be on the primary ballot and always loves hearing himself talk on an empty stage, but he's avoided debates entirely. That isn't the fault of voters or the party necessarily, though the party can and possibly should require candidates to take part in the primary process if they want to be on the party's ballot. The Democrats effectively aren't running a primary at all. There are technically two challengers[1], though there are no debates planned [2]. RFK was running on the ticket and had plenty of support in polls to warrant primary debates, though he's now running as an independent after what he viewed as a refusal by the party to allow a primary process to challenge Biden (his opinion, I can't vouch for inner workings of the DNC). [1] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-candidates-running-us-president-2024-2023-09-18/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-candidates-runni... [2] https://deadline.com/feature/2024-presidential-debates-schedule-1235523892/ https://deadline.com/feature/2024-presidential-debates-sched...