USA (Washington Insider Magazine)—On Saturday, U.S. President Joe Biden is heading to South Carolina to observe elevating the state and its extensive base of Black voters to begin the Democratic Party’s calendar of contests to set its candidate for the November election. Moreover, As Columbia prepares for a presidential visit, residents anticipate significant traffic delays.
Biden, who presently looks likely to be set for a rematch of the 2020 election battle with Donald Trump, will also make the point that the Republican former president is a threat to societies of colour.
The president is set to headline the South Carolina Democratic Party’s dinner next month to celebrate the party’s first official primary.
He will demonstrate why he ousted the less myriad states of Iowa and New Hampshire from the top of the party’s nominating calendar and deliver an early glance of how he plans to attack Trump on his record with Black Americans, a campaign official expressed.
“President Biden has long believed that our nominating process should reflect our party’s rich diversity, and he’s following through on that commitment and his commitment to Black voters, the backbone of the Democratic Party,” stated Biden Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks.
The Democratic primary in South Carolina is on Feb. 3, and Biden is anticipated to win handily as he cuts an easy path to the party’s nomination.
The president has been gaining mixed reviews from some Black voters who voted for him in 2020, including dissatisfaction over his failure to deliver on voting rights legislation and other matters. Although Democrats have no hope of succeeding the state in the November election, Biden expects the focus on South Carolina will strengthen support among Black voters.
Last year, at the opening of Biden’s reelection bid, contradicting views among the same South Carolina Democratic voters whose support had been essential to his nomination provided an early caution sign of his challenges as he tries to restore his diverse winning coalition from 2020.
Altogether, just 50% of Black adults said they supported Biden in a December poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. Compared with 86% in July 2021, a change-generating worry about the president’s reelection prospects.
APVoteCast, a comprehensive national survey of the electorate, also discovered that support for Republican candidates ticked up slightly among Black voters during the 2022 midterm elections, although Black voters overwhelmingly supported Democrats.
The Biden campaign also runs TV ads in South Carolina spotlighting Biden initiatives that it expects will boost enthusiasm among Black voters.
“On his first day in office with a country in crisis, President Biden got to work—for us,” the ad highlights. “Cutting Black child poverty in half, more money for Black entrepreneurs, millions of new good-paying jobs, and he lowered the cost of prescription drugs.”
According to tracking data, the campaign is paying more than $270,000 on the ads through the primary. The Democratic National Committee also established a six-figure ad campaign across South Carolina and Nevada, next on the Democratic primary calendar, to promote enthusiasm for Biden among Black and Latino voters.
Biden’s campaign has also employed staff in South Carolina to organise ahead of the primary and via the general election. However, for nearly 50 years, the state has chosen a Republican for president.
Further, On Friday, Jill Biden headlined an occasion in West Columbia featuring teachers from the significant National Education Association(NEA), among the largest labour unions in the country.
NEA president Rebecca Pringle expressed that the difference between the president and Trump could not be starker.
“We need to listen to what Trump says because he already has told us what he’s focused on, and it is not on students or the people who have dedicated their lives to educating them,” Pringle expressed.
The first lady reminded that South Carolina catapulted her husband to the White House in 2020 by delivering him a big win in the primary that pushed his rivals out of the race.
