Biden and Trump dominate US 'Super Tuesday' primaries, Republican challenger Haley wins Vermont | America 2024

Trump took big steps toward the Republican nomination on Tuesday. According to media projections, Trump has already won Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Colorado and Maine.

Although the polls have not yet closed in the western states of California and Alaska, Trump has already given his victory speech. “It's a great day,” he told supporters in the eastern state of Florida.

However, she lost to Nikki Haley in Vermont. This is the second primary the former UN ambassador has won, after Washington DC. The sparsely populated state of about 650,000 people cannot prevent Trump from being nominated by his party, but according to 'The New York Times' it indicates Haley's appeal among younger and better-educated Republican voters. He is also popular with independent voters, the newspaper writes.

In his victory speech, Trump did not mention Haley, but looked ahead to the general election in November. He predicted unity within the Republican Party “very soon” and lashed out at Biden, whom he holds responsible for high inflation and the wars in Ukraine and Israel. He also promised a strict immigration policy.

As the only candidate supported by his party, Biden already has Super Tuesday wins in Iowa, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Vermont, Arkansas, Maine and Massachusetts.

In a statement, current President Trump warned against a new term. “The results present the American people with a clear choice. Are we going to continue to move forward or allow Donald Trump to drag us back into the chaos, division and darkness that has characterized his first term as president,” Biden said. I ran for office. And we've made tremendous progress,” Biden said.

However, Democrats remain divided over Biden's candidacy. This is evident even in primary exams. In several states, including Iowa and Michigan, some supporters voted for their opponents or were 'undecided'. These Democrats are concerned about Biden's advanced age (at 81 he is the oldest president) but his handling of the migrant crisis at the border, the lack of an aid package for Ukraine and his approach to conflict. In the Middle East.

The only surprise among Democrats happened almost 10,000 kilometers from the US mainland. In Samoa, a US overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean, Biden lost to businessman Jason Palmer. The businessman was the only Democrat to campaign on the island territory of more than 45,000 people.

People in Samoa and other US overseas territories won't vote in November, so Biden's defeat will have little impact on the rest of the race. In the primary, eleven electoral votes were at stake, of which Biden would win two more.