WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- According to a number of mainstream estimates and reports in the United States, the incumbent Biden won the Democratic primary in South Carolina, the 2024 election in the United States, held on the 3rd.
The South Carolina primary is the first Democratic primary of the year. Less than half an hour after the state's polling stations closed, a number of mainstream U.S. ** declared Biden the winner, easily beating his party rivals, Congressman Dean Phillips and author Mariana Williamson.
Biden then said on social media that the United States has "a huge stake" this year, and accused Trump, the former American leader and Republican election leader, of being "determined" to make the United States "tear apart" and "regress". Trump previously blasted Biden, saying that Biden is the real threat to American democracy.
According to experts, Biden is eyeing to test Democratic voters' attitudes toward his re-election campaign and African-American voters' support for him through the South Carolina primary. Some Democratic voters in the state said that while Biden is not the ideal representative in their eyes, they will still support him because they cannot return Trump to the White House.
Biden won the 2020 election in the United States, but Trump refused to admit defeat at the time, triggering a series of political and legal disputes. CNN believes that if the two face each other again, the campaign will be "torn apart and disturbing."
The primary is the first stage of the U.S. election, during which Democratic and Republican candidates compete for nominations from their respective parties. After the primaries, the two parties will hold their respective national conventions to formally nominate ** and vice ** candidates. This year's U.S.** voting day is Nov. 5. (Participating reporters: Sun Ding, Xiong Maoling) (end).