China News Network, March 21, reported comprehensively that recently, the 2020 US presidential election primary election was affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, but the Democratic Party's primary election process is still receiving much attention. As former Vice President Biden's lead continues to expand, the outside world has begun to focus on the sign of another presidential candidate, Senator Sanders, and whether he will and will not resign.
Data map: US Democratic presidential candidate, Vermont Senator Sanders. Photo by Zhang Weiran, China News Agency
Suspension of funds, withdrawal of advertising Sanders retreat?
Since the beginning of the Democratic Party's primary election, Sanders has widened the gap from the initial lead to the current Biden, and the probability of winning is getting lower and lower. Recently, his campaign has also stopped advertising Facebook ads, and emails on the 19th have stopped appealing for donations for two days in a row. All signs have made the outside world speculate that the election campaign may be coming to an end.
Sanders also publicly stated that he will carefully evaluate the future direction. Currently, Sanders and his wife leave Washington, D.C., and return to their home in Vermont to talk to supporters and decide what to do next.
Insiders in the Biden camp also said they would stop attacking Sanders. The signs above suggest that Sanders' withdrawal may only be a matter of time.
The camps of the two sides continue to communicate, and there is no timetable for whether Sanders will withdraw, but the staff on both sides revealed that they will reach an agreement to let Sanders "withdraw from the election with dignity."
The epidemic affects Biden's primary election win time to be determined
On the other hand, the Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Biden's victory has become more obvious. He won 17 consecutive Florida, Illinois and Arizona presidential primaries on the 17th, further widening the gap with rival Federal Senator Sanders.
US Democratic Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabad, the Hawaiian Rep., Also announced his withdrawal from the 2020 election in favor of former Vice President Biden.
However, due to the postponement of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in several states, Biden may have to wait until May or June to reach the majority threshold of party votes. In terms of book numbers, Biden was still unable to reach the threshold for party votes in April; if Sanders hadn't retired, he would have to win 75% of the votes in the primary election before May 19; otherwise, he might have to Wait until June 2 to determine the winner in the primary.
In addition, Biden also contributed to the new crown pneumonia epidemic and began preparations for the November presidential election. Cedric Richmond, deputy chairman of his campaign team, said Biden had begun considering vice presidential candidates and was embracing camp candidates who had withdrawn.
Facing solidarity challenges against Trump Democrats
US media analysis said that although the delayed primary election can help Biden accumulate media attention and donations, whether Sanders will withdraw will have a huge impact on the United Democrats; otherwise, the 2016 Sanders and Hillary fight to the end This situation is not good for Trump.
If Sanders does exit, Democrats need to avoid the divisions that undermined party solidarity in 2016. At that time, Sanders and Hillary still had differences after Hillary was nominated. Many Democrats believed that this dispute caused Hillary's election defeat, so they hope that the Democratic Party can unite this time.
Tensions between supporters of the two candidates also cast doubt on whether they can come together quickly and smoothly.
In addition, many Biden's allies hope to end the primaries as soon as possible, fearing that prolonged fighting will undermine the party's competitiveness in November and pose unnecessary health risks to prospective voters.