Each has its own originality. While the Republican primaries are crushed by Donald Trump, the Democrats are preparing to experience a real-false opening of the nomination race in New Hampshire. Organized on the same day as that of the Republicans, Tuesday January 23, the Democratic primary presents a curiosity: Joe Biden does not appear there. No delegates are at stake ahead of the August convention in Chicago, which will nominate the party’s nominee. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) does not recognize the vote and thus sanctions New Hampshire, which refused to accept its relegation in the protocol order of the States, which would have required the revision of a local law from 1975.
Joe Biden and the DNC decided that South Carolina, more diverse, would open the sequence. It is also the state where the president triumphed in his party’s primaries at the end of February 2020 and relaunched his campaign. The president is therefore not on the list of candidates for January 23. But his allies and supporters, sensing the trap, launched a vast operation in the fall to ensure that the Democrats went to the polls and registered the name “Joe Biden” in the hand, which the law allows. “This is a grassroots initiative, started by conversations between friends and neighborsexplains Angela Brennan, elected Democrat to the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Nearly 250 volunteers will be in front of the polling stations on Tuesday to inform and guide voters. We feel enthusiasm and we build on it. »
This is an unofficial, informal campaign, which the Biden-Harris team does not claim: any risk of humiliation should be avoided if the president’s score turns out to be disappointing compared to the other contenders, even though they are second-tier. . The main ones are Dean Phillips, 55, centrist elected from Minnesota to the House of Representatives, and the author and activist Marianne Williamson, 71, who presents herself as a spiritual leader, of progressive orientation. Since announcing his candidacy at the end of October 2023, Dean Phillips has complained a lot about the lack of consideration from the major American media, particularly television. Politically, nothing distinguishes him from the Democratic president, as shown by his always loyal votes in Congress.
Physical fragility
His main argument comes down to one line: Joe Biden is no longer able to campaign, to submit to the demands and demands. In a video intended to mock the president’s absence in New Hampshire, his competitor compared him to the untraceable Bigfoot, a hairy biped, half-monkey, half-man, a figure from American folklore. “The reason why I do all thisDean Phillips justified himself on January 19 on the air of MSNBC regarding his candidacy, is that Joe Biden cannot win this upcoming election. He was the only one who could win in 2020. He’s probably the only one who could lose in 2024.”
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