The president of USA, Joe Bidenwon the Democratic primaries this Saturday in South Carolina, the state that inaugurates the party’s electoral process, according to projections by the newspapers The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as the CNN network.
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.
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The vast advantage of Biden on his opponents led the American media, equipped with technology to estimate electoral results, to announce their projections about 25 minutes after the closing of the voting centers at 7:00 p.m. local time (00:00 GMT on Sunday).
With victory assured, the real challenge of Biden in this appointment 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.
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The best way to assess enthusiasm for Biden It will be through the participation 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 faces the polls in person since his victory over the former president. Donald Trump (2017-2021)) in the 2020 elections.
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Despite its symbolic power, South Carolina will only assign 55 delegates of the almost 2,000 it Biden he needs to officially proclaim himself as the Democratic candidate for the November elections, where he could once again face Trump, the favorite to be the Republican candidate.
The Republican primaries, where TTrump will compete against the former US ambassador to the UN and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, are scheduled for February 24.
Despite the Democratic Party’s investment in South Carolina, this state is not in play in the November elections, as it is considered a conservative bastion that has not voted for the Democratic presidential candidate since 1976, with Jimmy Carter (1977- 1981).
