Clear victory for US President Biden in the first official Democratic primary election: In the state of South Carolina, after half of the votes were counted, he got over 95 percent. The vote there is seen as a test run for Biden’s campaign.
US President Joe Biden has clearly won the primary election for the Democratic presidential nomination in the state of South Carolina. After half of the votes were counted, the 81-year-old incumbent received 96.4 percent, as several US media outlets unanimously reported. His competitor for the candidacy, the author Marianne Williamson, got two percent and Congressman Dean Phillips got 1.6 percent. Biden wants to run for a second term in the November presidential election. He has no serious competition within the party. The 81-year-old is already virtually set.
“Making Donald Trump a loser again”
The vote in South Carolina was seen as the first major test run for his election campaign – also because many black voters live in the conservative southern US state, whose votes are of particular importance for Biden’s campaign nationwide. In this group, there are not only doubts about Biden’s age and concerns about high consumer prices, but security at the US-Mexico border could also have a negative impact. Biden said after the vote that he had no doubt that the people of South Carolina had put his campaign on the path to “win the presidency again – and make Donald Trump a loser again.”
Anyone who wants to become a presidential candidate in the USA must first prevail in internal party primaries. The candidates are then officially chosen at party conferences in the summer. The actual presidential election takes place at the beginning of November. Of the Republican presidential candidates, only former US President Trump and former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley are still there. But Trump clearly dominates the race.