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US President Joe Biden won tonight (Sunday) in the first primaries for the Democratic Party held in the state of South Carolina - this is in preparation for the US presidential elections in November.
The incumbent president easily won the primary and defeated his opponents - the congressman, the representative of Minnesota, Dean Phillips and the author Marian Williamson.
After the victory, the president said that "in 2020, it was the voters of South Carolina who proved the experts wrong - breathed new life into our campaign and led us to win the presidency," and added: "Now, in 2024, the people of South Carolina have spoken again and I have no doubt that this is the way To win the presidency - and make Donald Trump a loser - again."
"We will make Donald Trump a loser again."
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Joe Biden's re-election campaign has been heavily invested in increasing voter turnout among the country's black population - a key Democratic bloc that increases the president's chances of winning the November election against former President Trump.
South Carolina is considered a Republican state, but 26% of its residents are black.
And in the 2020 election, black voters made up 11% of all voters in the country and on average about 9 out of 10 of them supported Biden.
"As I said four years ago, this campaign is for everyone who has been trampled, ignored or left behind. It is still true today. With more than 14 million new jobs and a record 24 consecutive months of unemployment below 4%, including Unemployment is at a record low among black Americans, we are not leaving anyone behind," he said in an address to his constituents.
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South Carolina Republicans will go to the polls on February 24, with the two candidates competing in the election being former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump.
Biden's statement ended with a warning about the upcoming election: "The stakes in this election couldn't be higher. There are extremist and dangerous voices operating in the country — led by Donald Trump — who are determined to divide our nation and set us back. We can't let that happen. We've come a long way in four The last few years - when America now has the strongest economy in the world. Let's keep pushing forward. Let's finish what we started - together."
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