In pursuit of Trump: with what results did the Democrats approach the “Super Tuesday”

U.S. President Donald Trump said that the exit of the former mayor of South Bend Pete Buttidzhich from the struggle for the presidential candidate for the United States from the Democratic Party is directed against Bernie Sanders, since now all the votes Buttigic will go to Joe Biden. According to the American leader, in this way the Democrats are trying to get Sanders out of the game.

“Pete Buttigic RESET. All his voices on Super Tuesday will go to sleepy Joe Biden. It is impossible on time. So the Democrats in BUSINESS began to take Bernie out of the game. DO NOT SEE THE EXTENSIONS TO HIM - AGAIN! ” - Trump wrote on his Twitter.

Pete Buttigieg is OUT. All of his SuperTuesday votes will go to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play - NO NOMINATION, AGAIN!

Pete Buttigic announced his withdrawal from the presidential race on March 1 during his speech in South Bend. He did not explain the reason. He only noted that he had better "step aside and promote the unity of our party and our country."

Pete Buttidzic’s statement on withdrawing his candidacy from the primaries (primary, preliminary party elections) was made on the eve of the so-called Super Tuesday, a preliminary vote, which will be held March 14 immediately in 14 states.

According to experts, Trump’s assumption that the electorate’s votes cast for Buttigic can be transferred to Joe Biden is justified. Political scientists believe that Democrats could force the former mayor of South Bend to quit the campaign to give Biden an additional advantage over other Democratic candidates.

“Trump hints that they (the Democrats. - RT ) persuaded Buttigic to withdraw. And then two things happened. First, Joe Biden won for the first time (at the primaries in South Carolina. - RT ). Secondly, elections are coming in 14 states. Therefore, Trump believes that it is no coincidence that candidate Pete Buttidzhich withdrew from the “super Tuesday”. The national leadership of the Democratic Party could put pressure on him and offer to withdraw from the election race, ”said Yuri Rogulev, director of the Roosevelt US Studies Foundation at Moscow State University, in an interview with RT.

“Thank you, South Carolina!”

Recall, on the eve of presidential candidate Joe Biden for the first time in this election cycle, won the primaries from the Democratic Party. In South Carolina, the former vice president managed to gain 48.4% of the vote, pushing socialist leader Bernie Sanders to second place - 19.9% ​​voted for him. The third line went to billionaire Tom Styer - 11.3%. After the results were announced, Stayer announced his termination of participation in the presidential race, citing a lack of chances to win. At the same time, journalists focused on the fact that he spent more than $ 200 million on the election campaign.

Commenting on his victory, Joe Biden noted that, although several days before the election, the media said that his campaign was “dead”, the results of the primaries suggest the opposite.

“Thank you, South Carolina!” We are very much alive. Together we will win the fight for the nomination and go around Donald Trump, ”Biden wrote on his Twitter.

Thank you, South Carolina! To all those who have been knocked down, counted out, and left behind - this is your campaign. Together, we will win this nomination and beat Donald Trump.

The American media believes that Biden’s victory in South Carolina was especially important for him on the eve of Super Tuesday.

"The politician of yesterday"

Experts note that the upcoming “Super Tuesday” is an important stage in the primaries, as the main leader from the Democratic Party can be determined by its results.

“Each electoral candidate in four states has a percentage of electors. In all, the Democrats have more than three thousand national conventions. When the “Super Tuesday” is played out in 14 states, there will be 1,300 places - that's a third. And after the election it will be possible to say exactly who will win, ”said Yuri Rogulev, director of the Roosevelt US Studies Foundation at Moscow State University, in an interview with RT.

• Former US Vice President Joe Biden
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It is worth noting that on March 3, billionaire and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg will also enter the presidential race, deliberately skipping the start of the primaries and deciding to join the electoral process when the densely populated US states vote.

Bloomberg spent $ 124 million on advertising in the states where SuperTuesday will be held. Therefore, despite not being very successful in the ninth debate of the US Democratic Party on February 19, serious funding for an advertising campaign on American television could help Bloomberg get extra votes.

However, political scientists agree that during the upcoming vote, the struggle will mainly unfold between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.

“Only two candidates will remain in the USA - these are Biden and Sanders. It is possible that they will be more or less ahead of each other in the number of votes. But the main struggle will unfold between them, ”Vladimir Vasiliev, the chief researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, explained in an interview with RT.

Analysts believe that the victory of Joe Biden in South Carolina increased his chances of winning in some states of the “Super Tuesday”, but in the largest states he is likely to give the championship to the socialist Sanders.

In turn, US President Donald Trump recently said once again that he did not see Joe Biden as a competitor in the upcoming presidential election. According to the American leader, the senator from Vermont is even "unable to connect the two phrases."

So, Biden repeatedly confused the names of countries, in addition, speaking to voters in South Carolina on the eve of the primaries, he demonstrated ignorance of the American political system, promising to appoint the "first black woman" to the Senate. However, the senator forgot that African-Americans were already working in the upper house of the US Congress and that the senator's position is elective, so Biden will not be able to appoint anyone to this post.

According to political scientists, the choice of Biden as a candidate from the Democratic Party will turn out to be a failure for the Democrats in the fight against Trump.

“Biden is a centrist, yesterday’s politician, neither fish nor meat. Even if he is nominated as a candidate, he will have nothing to answer to Trump's right-wing populism. This is Biden’s main vulnerable component: he has no charisma and he is not a populist. He’s such a continuation of the Obama administration’s business - to stay in the middle, not slide either to the right or to the left, ”Vasiliev said.

Hindrance for their

As for Bernie Sanders, the main party rival of Joe Biden, experts highly appreciate his chances of winning the “Super Tuesday” in many states. This is evidenced by a survey conducted by CNN in late February.

• Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders
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Thus, according to preliminary forecasts, voters are ready to give the majority of votes to Sanders in Texas. In addition, thanks to the support of the Latin American population, a socialist can win in one of the most populous states - California, which will provide him with a serious competitive advantage over other candidates. In turn, Joe Biden can compete with Sanders in North Carolina and Virginia.

Meanwhile, analysts note that the Democrats are not interested in the candidacy of Bernie Sanders and will in every way impede his victory in the elections.

“Everything is clear with Sanders - he is not a candidate from the leadership of the Democratic Party. And in the last election campaign, they inserted sticks into the wheels. I’m afraid that the same situation may arise now that the Democrats themselves will interfere with Bernie Sanders, ”said Yuri Rogulev.

At the same time, it is possible that if Sanders wins the primaries, the socialist will again be accused of “ties with Russia” in order to discredit him in the eyes of voters.

“The further the election race goes, the more actively they will ascribe such connections in order to knock them out of their leadership positions, and for this, all means are good. The most effective way to denigrate a competitor is to get the idea that he has betrayed American interests in the voter's head. Democrats are using this against Trump, and now they have switched to Sanders, ”concluded Rogulev.