Joe Biden wins New Hampshire primary despite not being on ballot
independent.co.uk
A majority of voters in New Hampshire wrote-in Biden’s name on ballots where he did not appear officially
President Joe Biden won the New Hampshire Democratic primary, despite his name not appearing on the state’s presidential primary ballot.
The Associated Press called the race for Mr Biden shortly after polls closed on Tuesday night, as a majority of voters wrote in the president’s name.
Mr Biden’s campaign purposefully did not file the president’s name for the ballot within the deadline in an act of solidarity with the Democratic National Convention’s (DNC) decision to make South Carolina the first state to hold a primary.
Cannot wait to throw this at some voter fraud asshat's face. "Holy shit you're right! Look here. Biden won an election and he wasn't even on the ballot! Talk about rigged!"
I'd forgotten all about her. I'd like to do so again.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Associated Press called the race for Mr Biden shortly after polls closed on Tuesday night, as a majority of voters wrote in the president’s name.
Mr Biden’s campaign purposefully did not file the president’s name for the ballot within the deadline in an act of solidarity with the Democratic National Convention’s (DNC) decision to make South Carolina the first state to hold a primary.
The DNC said those who ran Tuesday’s primary would not be awarded delegates, prompting Mr Biden’s campaign to comply.
Mr Biden’s win is likely to reassure Democrats that the president still holds support from a majority of voters in the party.
Officials will likely spend the night counting write-in votes in the Granite State to determine the exact number Mr Biden received.
Now that New Hampshire’s primary has finished, heads are turning to South Carolina, where Democrats will host a caucus.
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Silly political games
Congrats to Biden for winning a primary in NH after it was announced the primary meant nothing and Dems in NH have no say in their candidate because their state party leaders didn't have time to change the state law that dictated when their primary was. Not to even mention, state party leaders don't make state law...
There was literally no way the NH state party could have complied with the DNC's request to move their date...
Considering his past performances in NH, this is likely the only way he was ever going to win there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_New_Hampshire_Democratic_presidential_primary
Moderates just don't do well there, which is the real reason they can't go first anymore and the DNC yanked their delegates this year.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_New_Hampshire_Democratic_presidential_primary
People would be shitting bricks if the RNC did this to a state that always goes more liberal than the national party wants.
But the DNC doing it to a progressive state isn't a big deal?
Against who?? He's an incumbent president, of course he was going to win the primary. Of his 2020 opponents, Warren, Sanders and Klobuchar are on record being proud of what Biden has been able to accomplish legislatively, and all three are 100% behind him, and Buttigieg is working in his administration.
Isn't the governor of New Hampshire a Republican? I've always considered New Hampshire to be a politically sane and somewhat moderate state
Which makes all this bullshit so much more frustrating anyways...
Biden was always going to win this primary, so what the fuck is the point of all these shenanigans?
Is it the same as when Biden loses his temper with journalists and voters who question him?
Do we really want a president willing to do this shit in a primary election he's all but guaranteed to win, and even if he loses, the party could still make him the candidate?
This shit isn't rational behavior, and it's going to depress turnout in the general when he needs it.
Because progressives would always prefer a moderate to a Republican...
But moderates don't always prefer a progressive to a Republican.
Caring about the American people is a liability when you're in a 3 way stand off with two people who have a week to live. They don't care if they lose.
Edit:
They are sane...
That's why they voted for Bernie in the 2016 and 2020 primary...
Which is why the DNC suddenly had a problem with them going first...
WTF are you talking about?! Can you say specifically what you think Biden did here?
Dnc is a scam look what happened to bernie popular vote is just for show super delegates can vote for whoever they want and they have a majority
I'd have loved Bernie to be in the general... ever, but it just isn't what happened and pretending it was some conspiracy just isn't healthy. The candidate you're in love with doesn't always resonate with everyone else, and that's okay.
The DNC eliminated superdelegate voting for the first round of voting in the convention back in 2017. They would only have a chance to vote if no candidate reaches 50% in the first round, aka a contested convention.