据外媒报道,当地时间10日,美国民主党总统竞选人、前副总统拜登与联邦参议员桑德斯,在被称为”超级星期二2.0”的民主党六州初选中再次较量,争夺党代表票。
开票结果显示,拜登赢得了密歇根州、密西西比州、密苏里州和爱达荷州,桑德斯只赢得北达科他州。在华盛顿州,桑德斯暂时领先。
当地时间2月2日,美国民主党总统竞选人、前副总统拜登在艾奥瓦首府得梅因竞选造势。该州党团会议投票将于2月3日晚举行。
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据报道,拜登在密歇根州、密西西比州都重创桑德斯,证明其获得非裔选民力挺。他更是在选情明朗后向桑德斯喊话,表示两人可以并肩作战,在11月大选中击败现任总统特朗普。
拜登表示,他与桑德斯有着“共同目标”。他说,“我想要感谢伯尼•桑德斯和他的支持者不屈不挠的精神和热情。我们将一起打败特朗普,让国家团结起来。”
而桑德斯随后表示,他将继续其总统竞选,并期待与拜登15日的同台辩论。
报道指出,除非拜登与桑德斯3月15日的首次一对一辩论发生重大变化,桑德斯赢得提名之路将越走越难,因为在接下来举办初选的佛罗里达州、伊利诺伊州和俄亥俄州,拜登都被看好能够胜出,扩大领先优势。
此前,在3月3日举行的美国总统选举预选首个“超级星期二”中,拜登赢得14个州中的10个,桑德斯赢得4个州。
据悉,现年77岁的拜登和78岁的桑德斯都是政坛“老将”,拜登属于温和派,而自称“民主社会主义者”的桑德斯则较为激进。
US Democratic primary: Biden won four more states, Sanders is afraid to overturn the offer?
US Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Sanders again competed for Party delegates in the six state primary, known as "Super Tuesday 2.0," foreign media reported Tuesday.
The results showed that Biden won Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri and Idaho, while Sanders won only North Dakota. In Washington state, Sanders is temporarily ahead.
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On February 2 local time, Biden, the former vice president and presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of the United States, campaigned in Des Moines, the capital of Iowa. The state's caucus will vote on the evening of February 3. Photo by Chen Meng, reporter of China News Agency
Biden reportedly hit Sanders hard in Michigan and Mississippi, proving that he was supported by African American voters. He also shouted to Sanders after the election was clear, saying that the two could fight side by side to defeat current president trump in the November general election.
Biden said he had "a common goal" with Sanders. "I want to thank Bernie Sanders and his supporters for their indomitable spirit and enthusiasm," he said. Together we will defeat trump and unite the country. "
Sanders later said he would continue his presidential campaign and looked forward to the same stage debate with Biden on the 15th.
According to the report, unless Biden and Sanders' first one-on-one debate on March 15 undergo major changes, Sanders will find it more and more difficult to win the nomination, because Biden is expected to win and expand the lead in Florida, Illinois and Ohio, which will host the primary.
Earlier, Biden won 10 of 14 states and Sanders won 4 on the first "Super Tuesday" in the U.S. presidential primary on March 3.
It is reported that Biden, 77, and Sanders, 78, are both "veterans" of politics. Biden belongs to moderates, while Sanders, who calls himself "Democratic Socialist", is more radical.