Republican presidential candidate former US president Donald Trump speaks to volunteers at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, January 14, 2024. Photo: VCG

The US 2024 presidential elections just finished its biggest day of the primary campaign - the Super Tuesday, with Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump snatching victories easily, as was widely expected. The no-suspense primaries fully depict the sluggishness in the US political system, while the upcoming presidential elections are still likely to bring risks to the world, analysts say. 

The Super Tuesday primaries are the largest voting day of the year other than the general election day in November. On this day, elections are held in 15 states and in one US territory.

Blocking Trump from a clean sweep of victories, his only remaining opponent for Republican nomination Nikki Haley won the primary in Vermont on Tuesday. Trump was victorious in the other 14 states. However, Haley is expected to pull out of the presidential race, CNN reported, quoting sources close to her on Wednesday. 

On the Democrats' side, Biden has so far swept the nominating contests in all the states, but took a loss in the US territory American Samoa on Tuesday. 

With Biden and Trump securing their incomparable lead, more and more polls and observers believe that the US presidential elections' primaries have lost suspense, as no serious contest seemed to have come up. 

Lü Xiang, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, described the elections so far as "unprecedented."

Many Americans have expressed discontent with both candidates. A recent survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that a significant share of US adults have doubts in the mental capabilities of Biden, 81, and Trump, 77.

In a Reuters/Ipsos poll in late January, 67 percent said they are tired of seeing the same candidates in presidential elections and want someone new. Most Democrats, Republicans and independents share that sentiment.

"For the majority of the US people, they do not want to see the 81-year-old and the 77-year-old competing for the presidency again," he told the Global Times on Wednesday. "However, it is almost certain that these two are likely to win the primaries."

Judging by the primaries, the democratic system that the US prides itself on has shown significant flaws, he said. "The two-party system in the US has become strange and abnormal, stuck in sluggishness. The issues in the electoral system are a microcosm of American politics."

Analysts pointed out that although the primaries' results are predictable and almost inevitable, the world remains concerned about the significant risks this election may bring. 

"With the extreme emotions in the current polarized political climate, the president-elect may exhibit very reactionary behavior, leading to significant uncertainty in international affairs," Lü said, noting particularly that if Trump were to take office, there may be a political retaliation. 

A major power in political turmoil is always negative for the world, the expert warned.

Nonetheless, the almost certain results of the primaries will not reduce the drama of the later stages of the general election, Lü said. For example, criminal lawsuits faced by Trump and legal issues involving Biden's family members could greatly impact their chances in the later stages of the election, leading to an unpredictable turn of events, he noted.

Earlier on Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled that Trump can remain on the primary ballot in Colorado, rejecting the state's disqualification and potentially setting national guidelines, which Trump called a "big win for America."