Bernie Sanders has set his campaign, but he will be on the ballots. In Alaska wins Biden, however, clear.
Joe Biden stands to win the Democratic primaries in the state of Alaska.
It writes several u.s. media, among other NBC News and news agency AP, the night of Sunday, Danish time.
The former vice president turns thus senator Bernie Sanders in the state in the battle to become the Democratic presidential nominee. The candidate needs to be up against Donald Trump in the presidential election, which is expected for november.
Biden gets according to the AP 55,3% of the votes cast. Sanders gets 44,7 percent. The result, according to the news in, respectively, nine delegated to Biden and eight to Sanders.
Sanders set this week his campaign to be come a good piece behind in number of delegates.
But he has, according to the AP caused his name to be on the ballots in those states that have not yet voted.
What has he done to have an influence on party policy.
the Primary election in Alaska is the first since Sanders retired.
It was originally rescheduled to 4. april, but was due to coronavirus exposed to 10. april. There is only submitted postal votes.
Biden will be formally nominated as his party’s candidate at the Democratic national convention later in the year.
Like most americans, is the 77-year-old former vice president under orders to stay at home because of coronaviruspandemien. It writes the AFP.
he has Therefore mainly marked that he de facto is his party’s presidential candidate with press releases and comments recorded in his basement.
Biden has invited the Sanders-supports, which in general is far more left-wing than biden’s, to support his campaign.
Almost all of biden’s ex-rivals, the hills are now up on him as the party’s candidate. This applies, among other senators, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and former mayor Pete Buttigieg from Indiana.
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