Joe Biden WINS the New Hampshire Democratic primary despite NOT being on the ballot: President beats Dean Phillips after write-in campaign
President Joe Biden won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday despite not being on the ballot.
The Associated Press called Biden’s victory shortly after polls closed in the state at 8 p.m
Democrats in the Granite State launched a write-in campaign to propel the president to victory after the Democratic National Committee, with Biden’s blessing, reshuffled this year’s Democratic primaries.
South Carolina will hold its first official Democratic primary on February 3. But New Hamsphire law and the state’s Republican-led government did not allow the date of the nation’s first primary election to be moved, forcing Democrats to go to the polls on Tuesday. .
They could choose to write in Biden or pick one of his rivals, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips or self-help guru Marianne Williamson.
President Joe Biden spent Tuesday not in New Hampshire, but at a campaign event in Manassas, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. Still, a write-in campaign in the Granite State was successful by Biden over Rep. Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson
Volunteers Latha Mangipudi (left) and Dante Castellano (right) hold signs outside a polling place in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, encouraging Democrats to vote in the primaries to write President Joe Biden’s name
Phillips launched his quixotic bid in October after months of warning fellow Democrats that the 81-year-old Biden would lose in a general election rematch against former President Donald Trump.
The 54-year-old father of two from Minnesota is one of the wealthiest members of Congress and previously served as president and CEO of his family’s beverage company and later of Talenti gelato.
Williamson announced in March that she would seek the presidency again after running against Biden and other Democrats in the 2020 race.
“I am not naive about the powers that be have no intention of allowing anyone into this conversation who does not align with their predetermined agenda,” she said at the time.
Phillips, who has been in Congress since 2017, quickly edged Williamson in the Granite State polls, although Emerson’s latest survey showed him trailing Biden by 45 points.
At a polling place in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, Phillips called the $1 million write-in campaign “obnoxious.”
“I think it’s the hypocrisy of democracy, whether you get on the ballot, I mean, he’s the president of the United States of America. What does it say to the country? What does it say to the world? If you choose – choose – not to have your name appear on the ballot in the primaries that have been doing this for 103 years,” Phillips said.
Phillips has also registered to participate in the February 3 Democratic primary in South Carolina.
Self-help guru Marianne Williamson campaigns in Concord, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, January 17, ahead of Tuesday’s Granite State primary. Williamson also ran for president in 2020, but ultimately supported President Joe Biden
Rep. Dean Phillips fist bumps a supporter during a stop Tuesday at a polling place in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Phillips launched his presidential bid in October after months of warning that the 81-year-old Biden would lose to former President Donald Trump
“I think it’s terrible,” he added.
Democrats whom DailyMail.com interviewed at a polling station near central Manchester on Tuesday had mixed feelings about losing their historic first primary status.
“I was disappointed,” said Bill Cullity, 70, who is retired but works part-time at a liquor store. “I understand or understand, I think, his rationale based on the last time he was here. But I would, I would say yes, I’m disappointed he didn’t show up.”
The president finished in fifth place in the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary. He righted his campaign by coming in second in the Nevada primary and then dominating in the South Carolina primary.
Yet Cullity wrote in Biden’s name.
“I think he’s done a decent job, I think he’s an honorable man. “I think from this moment on he will bring a certain amount of calm to the country and there was no way I would vote for Trump even if the Pope was his running mate.”
Son Faris, a 44-year-old truck driver from Manchester, said he voted for Phillips because the Democrat supports Medicare-for-all.
“We need health care for everyone,” he told DailyMail.com, pointing to the state’s notorious drug problem.
Faris said he is a progressive and former supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders and never voted for Biden.
‘I didn’t vote for him last time, I’m not going to vote for him again. “I would never vote for him – give me the choice, die, (or) vote for Biden, it would be a difficult decision to make,” he said. ‘He sucks. He’s not well.’