US President Joe Biden wins his first Democratic presidential primary

US President Joe Biden wins his first Democratic presidential primary

President Joe Biden has won South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday. Biden has clinched a state he was pushing to lead off his party’s nominating process after it revived his then-struggling White House bid four years ago.

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US President Joe Biden wins his first Democratic presidential primary

President Joe Biden has won South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday. Biden has clinched a state he was pushing to lead off his party’s nominating process after it revived his then-struggling White House bid four years ago.

Biden defeated the other long-shot Democrats on South Carolina’s ballot, including Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson. 

His reelection campaign invested heavily in driving up turnout in what it saw as a test drive of its efforts to mobilize Black voters, a key Democratic bloc central to Biden’s chances in a likely November rematch against former President Donald Trump.

Biden's victory comes after he led a Democratic National Committee effort to have South Carolina go first in the party’s primary, citing the state’s more racially diverse population compared to the traditional first-in-the-nation states of Iowa and New Hampshire, which are overwhelmingly white.

Biden has pushed for a revamped primary calendar that will see Nevada go second, holding its primary on Tuesday. The new order also moves the Democratic primary in Michigan, a large and diverse swing state, to Feb. 27, before the expansive field of states voting on March 5, known as Super Tuesday. 

Edited By: Joydeep Hazarika
Published On: Feb 04, 2024
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