Joe Biden may well have won all the states at stake on Tuesday during the “Super Tuesday” Democratic primaries, but a small, irreconcilable territory resisted him: American Samoa, a Pacific archipelago won by an illustrious unknown, Jason Palmer.
Honored to announce my victory in the American Samoa presidential primary.
Thank you to the incredible community for your support.
This win is a testament to the power of our voices.
Together, we can rebuild the American Dream and shape a brighter future for all #VoteJasonPalmer pic.twitter.com/Txf771rhtI
— Jason Palmer (@educationpalmer) March 6, 2024
According to American media projections, it is this businessman who, with 51 votes to 40 for Joe Biden, won the majority of the six delegates who were at stake for the inauguration of the Democratic candidate for the presidential election in November .
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“Finally something unusual and unexpected for this boring Super Tuesday,” political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia told X.
“PS: I have no idea who it is,” he added, however, to talk about Jason Palmer.
Due to the status of a territory and not a state of American Samoa, the approximately 40,000 inhabitants of this archipelago will not be able to vote in the presidential election.
The American Samoa Republican primary will take place on Friday.
After the federal capital Washington and the state of Vermont, this could well be one of the last opportunities for Nikki Haley to record a victory against Donald Trump.