Biden wins Democratic caucuses in Iowa and thus begins the expected sweep
President Biden has won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa, the first of 16 Super Tuesday contests he is expected to dominate as the 2024 presidential campaign shifts fully toward the general election, according to The Associated Press.
Mr Biden has faced only token opposition from Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota and self-help author Marianne Williamson, pushing them aside in all primaries so far. He won more than 90 percent of the votes in the Iowa caucuses.
Despite widespread fear within the party about his ability to unite the coalition that made his 2020 victory possible, Biden appears poised to re-emerge as the consensus Democratic choice. His planned State of the Union address on Thursday serves as an unofficial kickoff for a likely November race against former President Donald J. Trump.
The president’s campaign team sees Tuesday’s contests as a moment when the nation will increasingly focus on the choice between the president and Mr. Trump, his predecessor, who is also expected to build an insurmountable delegate advantage over from his last Republican challenger, the former governor. Nikki Haley from South Carolina.
Beyond superficial challenges and fears about the impact of the Gaza war on last week’s Michigan primary, there has been little drama surrounding Biden’s bid for renomination.
The only state voting Tuesday with an air of mystery for Mr. Biden appeared to be Minnesota, where Muslim Democrats and progressives tried to duplicate Michigan’s attempt to convince voters to vote “uncommitted” in protest of the position from Mr Biden on Israel. .
North Carolina is the only state that will be a battleground state in the general election where a primary will be held on Tuesday.
Although the Biden campaign did not devote the attention and resources Tuesday to turning out primary voters as in South Carolina, Nevada and Michigan, which have already held their elections, the state has emerged as one of the campaign’s top targets for November. The Biden team has been sending staff there for weeks before doing so to other key states like Georgia.
The states with the largest delegates for Mr. Biden on Tuesday are Texas and California, although Massachusetts and Virginia are also expected to give Mr. Biden their full slate. Other states with primaries on Tuesday include Alabama, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arkansas, Colorado, Utah and Alaska. American Samoa also has a competition.