As of: February 4, 2024, 6:00 a.m
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Good news for Joe Biden: The US President achieved very good results in the Democratic primaries in South Carolina.
Update from February 4th, 6:00 a.m.:
A clear victory for Joe Biden.
The US President received 96.4 percent of all votes cast in the Democratic primaries in the US state of South Carolina.
Challenger Marianne Williamson got two percent and Congressman Dean Phillips got 1.6 percent.
After his victory in South Carolina, Joe Biden was also confident about the 2024 US election.
He thanked his voters and said he "has no doubt that they have put us on the path to winning the presidency again - and making Donald Trump a loser again."
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill after his victory in the Democratic primary in South Carolina.
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Joe Biden on the 2024 US election: “There is a lot at stake”
Update from February 3rd, 8:38 p.m.:
US President Joe Biden sees the upcoming election in the USA as a vote on the fate of the country.
During a visit to his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, the Democrat said to his team: “There's a lot at stake, folks.
We have an enormous obligation.” The 81-year-old warned that it was more of “a mission.”
“We must, we must, we must not lose this election campaign - for the good of the country.
And I mean that from the bottom of my heart.” It’s not about him, it’s about the future of the country.
Biden wants to run for another term in the presidential election on November 5th.
Anyone who wants to become a presidential candidate in the USA must first prevail in internal party primaries.
This also applies to Biden.
However, the incumbent has no serious competition in the Democrats' internal party primary election campaign.
US Democratic primaries: Joe Biden under pressure
First report from February 3rd:
Washington, DC – Joe Biden is under heavy pressure.
The mood in the USA is bad, enthusiasm for the president is limited and his popularity ratings are in the basement.
It is therefore more than questionable whether Biden will be re-elected in the upcoming US election in November.
In any case, the polls are currently against him.
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Now Biden wants to turn things around.
It starts with the US primaries on February 3rd in South Carolina.
Basically, there couldn't be a better place for the hoped-for change.
To explain why this is the case, it is necessary to look into the past.
US primaries in South Carolina already turned things around for Joe Biden
In the US Democratic primaries four years ago, things were very bad for Biden at the beginning.
Bernie Sanders had clearly defeated him three times in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, and Pete Buttigieg was also better in the race at this point.
Biden urgently needed a sense of success in South Carolina.
And indeed: after the powerful parliamentarian Jim Clyburn supported him in the southern state, the votes of black people made the decisive difference.
Biden won clearly.
That was the success he needed to ultimately be nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate.
Biden himself also sees it that way: “You are the reason why I am president,” Biden said
at a campaign event in South Carolina in January, according to
Politico .
“You are the reason Kamala Harris is a historic vice president.
And you are the reason Donald Trump is a defeated former president.”
Will Biden achieve a similar turnaround four years later?
In fact, he is working tirelessly in South Carolina, campaigning, trying to win every vote for himself.
At first glance, this is actually not necessary.
In any case, the incumbent does not have to fear competition.
There is no doubt about his victory in the US primaries in South Carolina.
Who will run in the US Democratic primary in South Carolina
Joe Biden, President
Dean Phillips, Congressman
Marianne Williamson, author
Joe Biden is fighting for black votes in the US primaries in South Carolina
There is another reason why Joe Biden is fighting for every vote in South Carolina.
Biden is currently trying everything to convince dissatisfied people of his policies.
Above all, the primaries in South Carolina could be a first indication of whether Biden can rely on the votes of black people.
The numbers on the black vote are usually clear: according to a validated study by the Pew Research Center, just eight percent of blacks voted for Trump in the election four years ago, and in 2016 it was only six percent.
But enthusiasm for Biden is now limited.
According to a December 2023 AP-NORC poll, only 50 percent of Black adults said they were satisfied with Biden's job, a significant decline from 86 percent in July 2021. And a
New York Times
-Siena poll in late October found that 22 percent of Black voters in six battleground states would vote for Trump.
That would indeed be a real problem for Biden.
The South Carolina primaries could show whether Biden can continue to rely on the Black vote.
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