Biden -- the faithful deputy for eight years to Barack Obama, the first black president -- has been surging with strong backing from African Americans.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at Driving Park Community Center in Columbus, Ohio on March 10, 2020. Picture: MANDEL NGAN / AFP
A week after his startling turnaround in the Super Tuesday contests, the centrist former vice president is hoping another big night could make him invincible as the Democrats pick a challenger to face President Donald Trump in November. Biden opened primary day meeting workers at an under-construction automobile plant in Detroit, where he received cheers but also was confronted by one worker.
“When he wasn’t doing well in the polls I was really concerned,” she admitted. “But when he won the South Carolina primary I put my confidence back in him.”The primaries come with the United States, like much of the world, roiled by the coronavirus epidemic that has infected 800 people across the country and killed 28.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has offered guidance on cleaning voting machines and other technology for the remaining states taking part.
Sanders has won the backing of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and has highlighted Biden’s support for free-trade deals to win over Michigan’s blue-collar voters, many of whom ditched the Democrats for Trump four years ago. Biden won 10 out of 14 states that voted on Super Tuesday and holds a narrow lead in delegates to pick the nominee, although Sanders carried the most populous state of California.
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