2024-02-04 00:48:38
President Joe Biden won the Democratic primary in South Carolina this Saturday by a wide margin, his first test in the search for a second term in the November elections, according to US media.
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Biden beat the other two candidates by a large majority in this conservative state in the southern United States, with a large black electorate, according to these projections.
Biden was practically assured of victory by not facing significant rivals. Along with him on the ballot were the names of Dean Phillips, a congressman from Minnesota, and Marianne Williamson, an author of self-help books who already ran unsuccessfully in the 2020 primary.
Biden’s large lead over his opponents led American media outlets, equipped with technology to estimate election results, to announce their projections about 25 minutes after the polls closed at 7:00 p.m. local time (00:00 GMT Sunday). .
With victory assured, Biden’s real challenge in this event is to demonstrate his ability to mobilize the party’s base, particularly the African-American community, which represents 60% of the Democratic electorate in South Carolina. The best way to gauge enthusiasm for Biden will be through turnout results, which will be made public at the end of the count.
Biden is not in South Carolina this Saturday to celebrate the victory. However, in the last month he has visited three black churches in the state and his campaign has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on radio and television ads to reach African-American voters.
The importance of South Carolina lies in the fact that it officially opens the Democratic race for the November elections, being the first time that
Biden has personally faced the polls since his victory over former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) in the 2020 elections. Despite its symbolic power, South Carolina will only allocate 55 delegates of the almost 2,000 that Biden needs to officially declare himself. as the Democratic candidate for the November elections, where he could once again face Trump, the favorite to be the Republican candidate.
EFE
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