Update'Super Tuesday', the main day of the US presidential election, did not bring any big surprises. Incumbent President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump dominated among Democrats and Republicans in the fifteen states that voted Tuesday for their preferred candidate in the November election.
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Trump took big steps toward the Republican nomination on Tuesday. According to media projections, Trump won fourteen of the fifteen states at stake today, including California and Texas.
He can also add to his name Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia. Trump has already given his victory speech in California and Alaska, with the polls yet to close. “It's a great day,” he told supporters in the eastern state of Florida.
However, in Vermont, he lost to fellow party member Nikki Haley. “He is honored to have the support of millions of Americans across the country, including in Vermont,” a spokesman for the Republican presidential nominee said in a statement.
It's unclear whether Haley will continue her campaign
“Today, there is a large group of Republican voters across the country who express deep concern about Donald Trump. That is not the unity our party needs to win,” he said.
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It's unclear from the report whether Haley will continue her campaign. Mathematically, it seems unlikely that Haley will win the nomination. This is the second primary the former UN ambassador has won, after Washington DC. A win won't change much in the sparsely populated state of 650,000 people, but according to 'The New York Times' it indicates Haley's appeal among younger and better-educated Republican voters. He is also popular with independent voters, the newspaper writes.
In his victory speech, Trump did not mention Haley, but looked ahead to the general election in November. He predicted unity within the Republican Party “very soon” and lashed out at Biden, whom he holds responsible for high inflation and the wars in Ukraine and Israel. He also promised a strict immigration policy.
Biden wins, but struggles with the opposition vote
As expected, Biden topped the Democratic primaries. As the only candidate supported by his party, Biden has already won Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Utah and Virginia on Super Tuesday.
In a statement, current President Trump warned against a new term. “The results present the American people with a clear choice. Are we going to continue to move forward or allow ourselves to be drawn back into the chaos, division and darkness that has characterized Donald Trump's first term as president,” Biden said. I ran. And we've made tremendous progress,” Biden said.
The risk for Biden is that opposition voters will either choose his opponent in November or decide not to vote.
However, Democrats remain divided over Biden's candidacy. Some Democrats are concerned about Biden's advanced age (at 81 he is the oldest sitting president), but his handling of the migrant crisis at the border, the lack of an aid package for Ukraine and his handling of the conflict. In the Middle East – East.
This was evident during Super Tuesday: In Minnesota, where 86 percent of the votes were counted, Biden received 69.9 percent of the vote, while 19.4 percent voted 'undecided'. A voice of protest.
In Michigan, where many Muslims and Americans with Arab roots live, Biden received his first warning on February 27. Later, more than 100,000 voters (13 percent) voted 'undecided' after the call for a boycott, and more than 5 percent voted for Biden's opponents. Minnesota also called for a boycott. The state has many Muslims and a large group of progressive voters.
The risk for Biden is that these voters are likely to decide whether or not to vote for his opponent in November.
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Voters
During primary elections, each state has electoral votes that must be won. On Super Tuesday, more than a third of all electoral votes are split between candidates. Today's total is 2,429 for Republicans, 874, and 1,420 for Democrats. How these are distributed among candidates varies from state to state.
Most states distribute electoral votes proportionally, based on each candidate's percentage of the vote. Each candidate must have a certain number of electoral votes behind his name to win the primary election. Trump needs 1,215 of the 2,429 electoral votes to win the Republican nomination. For Biden, that's 1,968 of the Democrats' 3,934 electoral votes. According to estimates shared by the American news channel 'CNN', the candidates have received the following number of electoral votes so far.
Democrats: Biden: 1,501'Undecided': 6, Jason Palmer: 3
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