Democrat Primaries: Biden Leaves Sanders No Chance

Former Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed the title of Democratic Leader in the United States, winning a series of primaries in six states. His main rival Bernie Sanders no longer has a chance at the Democratic Party nomination, reports Air force.

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The first results of the preliminaries, held Tuesday in six US states, left independent Senator Bernie Sanders no hope of participating in the presidential race. Already at 20.00 p.m. East Coast time, immediately after the closure of the first polling stations in Missouri and Mississippi, the decisive victory of its main and only competitor, former vice president Joe Biden, was announced. According to preliminary data, in Mississippi he received more than 80% of the vote, and almost 60% in Missouri.

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An hour later it became known that the ex-vice president was the winner in the state of Michigan, which is considered one of the key in the struggle for the presidency in the United States. In 2016, by the way, it was this state that voted for Bernie Sanders, preferring Senator Hillary Clinton.

“I think Bernie Sanders no longer has a chance to become president,” Kevin Keith, a campaign adviser to former campaign runner Tom Steyer, told Politico. “Biden is winning almost everywhere, and the networks have already announced that he will receive the [Democratic Party] nomination.”

Last week, the former US vice president unexpectedly became the leader of the main event of the election race - Super Tuesday, when voting took place in 14 states. Joe Biden won 10 of them, not far behind his main rival in the remaining four.

During this mini-Super Tuesday, voting took place in Missouri, Mississippi, Michigan, North Dakota, Idaho and Washington State. At stake are the votes of 352 delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention, where a candidate for the presidency will be chosen.

To do this, the applicant needs to collect 1990 votes out of 3979 delegates. So far, in terms of the number of delegates already collected in this competition, Joe Biden is noticeably ahead of Senator Sanders with a score of 664-573. After the “mini-Super Tuesday” it will become known who will get the votes of 47% of all delegates to the future party congress.

The outbreak of the coronavirus has already made its adjustments to the Democratic election race. Both Biden and Sanders were forced to cancel meetings with their supporters in Ohio, and in Washington, where the first cases of the disease were recorded in the United States, voters were asked not to come to the polls, but to vote by mail.

It seems true that the leaders and activists of the Democratic Party have already made their choice, having nominated the former US vice president.

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"If Sanders doesn't win any states today, Joe Biden will be the only contender for the party's nomination," House Democratic leader Jim Clyburn said on NPR late Tuesday. “I think we should cancel all the upcoming debates and primaries (in other states) because it would be a waste of time.”

Guy Cecil, the head of the largest Super PAC of Priorities USA Action supporting Democrats, also announced Biden’s support as the only candidate for the presidency from the Democratic Party.

“The math is now clear and understandable,” he tweeted. — Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee for President, and @prioritiesUSA will do everything they can to help him defeat Donald Trump in November. I hope that others will support us in this fight."

Supercommittees have the right to collect an unlimited amount of funds for the election campaign of candidates. In 2016, for example, Priorities USA Action spent $ 190 million on a Hillary Clinton campaign.

This year, according to official reports, the group pledged to raise at least $ 150 million to fight Donald Trump even before the opening of the National Convention of the Democratic Party, which will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July.

The names of official candidates for the US presidency from the main parties we will learn in the summer of 2020. The National Convention of Democrats ends July 16, Republicans - August 27. The presidential elections themselves will be held on November 3.

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