Trump is racking up one victory after another in the Republican primaries. His last remaining competitor achieved another mini-success. And there is a surprise for Biden.
In the US Republican presidential primaries, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley achieved her second victory in a duel against former President Donald Trump. Haley won the party’s internal vote in the state of Vermont, as the AP news agency reported, citing its own forecasts. Haley’s renewed success gives her another symbolic success, but it does not change Trump’s clear dominance in the race. In the other votes on the so-called Super Tuesday with primaries in more than a dozen states, Trump once again showed his strength and achieved one victory after another.
Haley benefited in Vermont from having an “open” primary – meaning voters didn’t have to be registered with the Republican Party to vote. In the small state in the northeast of the USA with less than 650,000 inhabitants, only 17 delegate votes were available for the nomination party conference, at which the Republicans want to elect their candidate for the presidential election in early November in Milwaukee in mid-July. This means that the result does not really change the balance of power between Haley and Trump in the Republican primaries. After various primary election victories, Trump is far in the lead in the number of delegates.
Internal party primaries
Anyone who wants to become a presidential candidate in the USA must first prevail in the party’s internal primaries. The primary election voting process is complex and varies from state to state. 2,429 delegates will meet at the Republican nomination convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this summer. To win, a candidate must gather at least 1,215 delegates behind them.
On Sunday, Haley recorded her first election victory in the primary duel against Trump and won the party’s internal vote in the capital district of Washington. In doing so, she broke Trump’s winning streak, who had previously easily won all party primaries. However, he is also the clear favorite in the further votes.
Trump has great support among the party base
Despite various scandals, escapades and a chaotic term as president, the 77-year-old has great support among the party base. Even major legal problems in the election year – four indictments in criminal proceedings and significant damages in civil proceedings – have so far not harmed Trump politically.
It is unclear how long Haley will remain in the race, as she is effectively no longer given a chance to beat Trump. Even in her home state of South Carolina, where Haley was once governor, Trump won by a wide margin at the end of February. Supporters of the ex-president have been calling on the 52-year-old for weeks to give up and make way for Trump.
Trump: “Fantastic evening”
Trump has called for unity in his party. “We have a great Republican Party with tremendous talent. And we want unity, and we will have unity, and it will happen very quickly,” Trump said on election night at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The 77-year-old did not mention Haley directly. Trump also did not go into detail about the successful results of the Republican primary election duel. “It was a fantastic, fantastic evening, a fantastic day,” he says.
In his speech, Trump, as usual, praised himself and praised his work as US President in the White House. He spoke about the corona pandemic, migration, the Islamic State terrorist militia, Afghanistan and the Taliban, which he described as a “rough force”, and energy policy. At the same time, he fiercely attacked incumbent Joe Biden, blaming him and his Democrats for the country’s alleged decline. Trump was able to continue his winning streak in the Republican primaries on Super Tuesday.
Biden warns voters about Trump
Biden has warned voters about the consequences of a possible second Trump presidency. The results of the primary election will present the American people with a clear choice, Biden said, asking: “Do we continue to make progress or do we allow Donald Trump to drag us back into the chaos, division and darkness that has characterized his time in office determined?” Trump is determined to destroy America’s democracy and take away basic freedoms, including the ability for women to make decisions about their health, Biden said.
Biden loses primary in American Samoa
Surprise in American Samoa: Biden lost the Democratic primary in the US territory. As the television channels CNN and NBC reported, the entrepreneur Jason Palmer prevailed against the incumbent US President. Accordingly, 51 of the 91 votes cast went to Jason and only 40 to Biden.
The previously largely unknown presidential candidate, who, according to information on his website, is a resident of Baltimore in the state of Maryland, had apparently specifically sought votes in the outlying area. The day before the election, the 52-year-old wrote on the X platform, formerly Twitter, that the US capital Washington was “long overdue for a president who supports American Samoa.”
The result hardly plays a role in the party’s internal primaries. In the outlying area with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants, which is part of a tiny group of islands in the South Pacific, only six delegate votes were up for grabs. Biden has won all of his party’s primaries so far. He has no serious internal party competition.
Source: Stern
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