US: President Biden wins first Democratic primary in South Carolina

Published on: 04 Feb 2024 at 01:01 PM

Published by: thefactnews

The Fact News Service

Washington, DC [US], February 4

US President Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, giving him the kind of emphatic result he no doubt envisioned when he made the state the first contest on the Democrat’s presidential nominating calendar, The New York Times reported.

The leading US daily reported that Biden won an overwhelming majority of South Carolina Democrats, more than 96 percent with 80 per cent of the vote counted, dominating every county with more than 95 per cent of the vote, including in heavily Black areas.

President Biden vowed that South Carolina would once again send him to the White House.

“The people of South Carolina have spoken again, and I have no doubt that you have set us on the path to winning the presidency again — and making Donald Trump a loser again,” the president said in a statement released by his campaign.