It will be a first for Michael Bloomberg. The billionaire will participate in the televised debate which must unite, Wednesday, February 19, the candidates for the democratic nomination for the American presidential election of November. The former mayor of New York is now ranked third nationally in the average poll, behind former vice president Joe Biden and socialist senator Bernie Sanders. What attract critics.

Some "60 billion dollars can buy you a lot of publicity, but that cannot erase your balance sheet," tackled Joe Biden on NBC on Sunday, accusing him in particular of not having supported the candidacy of Barack Obama in 2008.

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After two very disappointing results in Iowa and New Hampshire, the former number two of the first black president of the United States has reason to worry within a week of the third primary vote in the state of Nevada. Popular among blacks and Latinos, Joe Biden would be the first to suffer from a report on Michael Bloomberg of the support of minorities, crucial to win the Democratic nomination for the presidential election in November.

A centrist corridor and a left wing

Another difficulty, Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg share the centrist corridor with two other candidates: former mayor Pete Buttigieg, who won by a hair Iowa, the first state to have voted in the primaries, and Senator Amy Klobuchar, who made a strong impression when he came third in New Hampshire.

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This dispersion plays against them against a left wing that seems to rally around Bernie Sanders, even if Elizabeth Warren, Wall Street slayer and tech giants, still believes in these chances despite her poor results in the Iowa.

The next Democratic primaries will take place in Nevada on February 22 and in South Carolina on February 29. But it was at the end of "Super Tuesday", on March 3, where 14 states would vote at once, including Texas and California, that the identity of the democratic candidate called to confront Donald Trump in the presidential election. November should be known.

With AFP

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