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What will decide the 2024 US election?

On Monday Iowans begin the process of deciding who will contest the US election.

On Monday voters in Iowa begin the nationwide process of deciding which candidates will be on the ballot in November鈥檚 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鈥檚 election cycle likely to unfold, which issues will dominate, and how will this election differ from those we鈥檝e 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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