US President Joe Biden is set to secure the nomination from the Democratic Party as he won the primaries in more than 13 states on Super Tuesday, with a minor blip in American Samoa.
This also means that Americans will see Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump go head-to-head in a rematch come November even though not enough states will have voted until later this month for Trump or Biden to formally become their parties’ presumptive nominees.
However, despite that, Super Tuesday, which is often considered as the biggest day in the US primaries, showed that their rematch is a near certainty.
Both the 81-year-old Biden and the 77-year-old Trump continue to dominate their parties despite facing questions about age and neither having broad popularity across the general electorate.
“Trump is determined to destroy our democracy, rip away fundamental freedoms like the ability for women to make their own health care decisions, and pass another round of billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy —– and he’ll do or say anything to put himself in power,” Biden campaign said in a statement after recording victories across several primaries.
“If Donald Trump returns to the White House, all of this progress is at risk. He is driven by grievance and grift, focused on his own revenge and retribution, not the American people,” Biden further added.
Samoan Surprise
The only contest Joe Biden lost Tuesday was the Democratic caucus in American Samoa, a tiny US territory in the South Pacific Ocean. Biden was defeated by previously unknown candidate Jason Palmer, 51 votes to 40.
Americans Don’t Want a Rematch
Even though Biden and Trump dominated the primaries and their parties, polls released by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found out that the broader electorate does not want this year’s general election to be identical to the 2020 race. The poll showed that the majority of Americans don’t think either Biden or Trump has the necessary mental acuity for the job.
,em>(with inputs from Associated Press)
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