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Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2024-07:34

  • USA Biden and Trump sweep Super Tuesday

The

Super Tuesday election in California

met expectations and stuck to a predictable script devoid of surprises.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective races in the primaries and left the race for the official candidacy of their parties on track.

Nothing seems to be able to prevent the already foreseeable electoral rematch between both veterans next November.

Both victories were overwhelming.

Trump won the 169 delegates at stake with more than 75% of the votes compared to Haley's barely 20%.

The former governor of South Carolina, however, has not yet decided to throw in the towel.

Biden's margin was greater

in a race in which he had hardly any opposition.

With 33% of the vote counted, he had an 87-point lead.

An abyss within a mere procedure that will make him, in a matter of weeks, a candidate for reelection for the Democratic caucus.

Much more interesting was

the race to replace the late Dianne Feinstein

in the Senate.

Californians voted, on the one hand, for the candidate to fill the vacancy for two months, from November 5 to January 3, and on the other, for the incumbent for the next six years.

In both races, Democrat Adam Schiff seemed to have an advantage, followed closely by former baseball player Steve Garvey in the Republican box.

They will be the two names on the ballot in November, with Katie Porter relegated to third place.

California Governor Gavin Newson also won at the polls.

Proposition 1, which he supported from the start and which he considers vital to solving the

homeless

and mental health crisis at the state level, had a significant lead in favor of the "yes" vote with 25% of the vote counted.

The measure redirects an existing tax on the wealthy to fund services for people with substance abuse disorders, and includes a $6.4 billion package to provide more than 10,000 treatment beds.

That of

homeless people,

addicted to drugs or affected by mental disorders, is without a doubt the most pressing problem facing California.

The latest count put about 181,000 people sleeping on the streets statewide, including 75,000 in Los Angeles County.

Of those, 82% have experienced a serious mental health condition, and almost two-thirds have at some point used drugs regularly.

In the 52 primary processes for the seats of the House of Representatives that California contributes, Democrats seemed to have placed a greater number of contenders for November, with a large percentage of the vote still to be counted.