据美联社、美国有线电视新闻网和福克斯新闻网报道,乔·拜登在周六的南卡罗来纳州初选中获胜,大大推动了民主党总统竞选,他们都认为拜登是获胜者。
南卡罗来纳州是2020年第四个投票的州,所有投票都在二月举行。这是前副总统拜登的首次胜利。南卡罗来纳州有54名代表处于危险之中,美国有线电视新闻网的早期预测显示,在投票结束后开始投票时,拜登有14名代表。15%的选票,他将赢得全部54名代表。
初步结果显示,拜登获得了超过50%的选票,其次是伯尼·桑德斯(14%)和汤姆·施泰尔(12%),有4%的选区进行了报道。据美国有线电视新闻网报道,拜登在帕尔梅托州的民主党人中以压倒性优势赢得了黑人和老年人的选票。候选人需要至少15%的选票才能赢得代表。如果拜登是唯一拥有超过
南卡罗来纳州是本月民主党总统初选的第四个投票州,排在爱荷华州、新罕布什尔州和内华达州之后。
皮特·巴蒂吉和伯尼·桑德斯在爱荷华州的预选中平分了选票,各自赢得了该州26.2%的选票。但据美联社报道,相比之下,桑德斯在爱荷华州获得了12个代表席位。
桑德斯在上周六赢得了新罕布什尔州的初选,随后赢得了内华达州的党团会议,随着更多的代表进入南卡罗来纳州,这给了他更多的缓冲。
桑德斯说,他在前三个投票州的成功是他相信随着越来越多的初选即将到来,他的势头会继续增强的一个原因。
桑德斯说:“在内华达州、新罕布什尔州和爱荷华州,我们展示的是,我们的志愿者准备敲成百上千的门。”。“没有哪场竞选像我们这样有草根运动,这也是我们赢得这场选举的另一个原因。”
比赛走向超级星期二
超级星期二将于2020年3月3日举行,届时以下各州将在初选中投票:阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州、加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、缅因州、马萨诸塞州、明尼苏达州、北卡罗来纳州、俄克拉荷马州、田纳西州、得克萨斯州、犹他州、佛蒙特州和弗吉尼亚州。美属萨摩亚领土也将在那天举行公开的核心会议,任何居住在国外的美国公民,只要是海外民主党的成员,都可以在那天投票,该团体将授予17名代表。
2020年2月28日,在南卡罗来纳州斯巴达堡的沃福德大学,民主党总统候选人、前副总统乔·拜登在竞选活动中与支持者握手。南卡罗来纳州人将在明天的民主党总统初选中投票。
随着结果在周六晚上公布,这篇报道将会被更新。
JOE BIDEN PROJECTED AS WINNER OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY
Joe Biden got a major boost in the Democratic presidential race with a win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, according to the Associated Press, CNN and Fox News, who all projected Biden as the winner.
South Carolina was the fourth state to vote in 2020, with all of them taking place in February. This was the first victory for Biden, the former vice president. There were 54 delegates at stake in South Carolina, and early projections on CNN showed Biden with 14 delegates as the votes began coming in after the polls closed.15 percent of the vote, he would win all 54 delegates.
Early results showed Biden taking more than 50 percent of the vote, followed by Bernie Sanders (14%) and Tom Steyer (12%), with four percent of the precincts reporting. Biden overwhelmingly won the black vote and senior citizen vote among Democrats in the Palmetto State, according to CNN. Candidates need at least 15 percent of the vote to win delegates. If Biden is the only candidate with more than
South Carolina is the fourth state to vote in the Democratic presidential primary this month, following Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders split the vote in the Iowa caucuses, with each winning 26.2 percent of that state's votes. Buttigieg took 13 delegates, compared to 12 by Sanders in Iowa, according to the Associated Press.
Sanders went on to win the New Hampshire primary and then the Nevada caucuses last Saturday, giving him more cushion with a larger delegate count heading into South Carolina.
Sanders said his success in the first three states that cast votes are a reason why he believes his momentum will continue to ramp up as more and more primaries are on the horizon.
"In Nevada, in New Hampshire and in Iowa, what we showed is that our volunteers are prepared to knock on hundreds and hundreds of thousands of doors," Sanders said. "No campaign has a grassroots movement like we do, which is another reason why we're going to win this election."
The race moves toward Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday will be March 3, 2020, when the following states will vote in their primary elections: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. The territory of American Samoa will also hold an open caucus that day, and any U.S. citizen living abroad who is part of Democrats Abroad can vote that day, with 17 delegates awarded from that group.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with supporters during a campaign event at Wofford University February 28, 2020 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. South Carolinians will vote in the Democratic presidential primary tomorrow.
This story will be updated as the results are made available Saturday night.