HOUSTON: US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are holding primaries in Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia on Tuesday.
In the 2020 election, Biden won the Democratic primary with 86% of the vote in Maryland, and Biden won by 30 points over Trump. However, on the Republican side of the poll, Trump managed to garner 80% of the vote, while his former opponent South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was more out of the race, with about 20% of the vote. two months ago.
Haley’s turnout in Maryland could be a key factor in Trump’s chances in the November general election, as political experts say Maryland is a key state that has 10 Electoral College votes and has been trusted to vote for the Democratic nominee for decades. .
There are a total of 538 Electoral College votes in the national stake, and candidates must have at least 270 votes to nominate the president.
The numbers were similar in Nebraska, where Trump won 80% of the vote in the Republican primary, compared to Hale’s 18%. Biden won an even bigger victory on the Democratic slate with 90% of the vote.
Trump’s biggest victory was in West Virginia, where he won 88% of the vote to Haley’s 9%. Biden won the lowest vote in the country, with only 70% of the vote compared to 18% for “other candidates.” Democratic candidate and businessman Jason Palmer managed 11% of the vote. Palmer handed Biden his only primary defeat in March, when he defeated the incumbent in the small region of American Samoa.
Tuesday’s primaries, as well as other US elections scheduled until June, are only official because Trump and Biden both have their parties’ nominations.
Trump has secured 2,142 delegates for the Republican nomination, which needs 1,215 delegates. Biden has a total of 3,528 delegates, more than double the 1,976 needed for the Democratic nomination.
Trump will officially accept his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15-18.
Biden will be formally nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, August 19-22.
