Joe Biden, the most well-liked president in US historical past, was the primary incumbent to lose a main race in additional than 4 many years.
Biden on Tuesday lost the American Samoa Democrat primary to unknown entrepreneur Jason Palmer.
However he completely received 81 million votes.
“This is the message that Joe Biden needs to hear that the American people want to pass the torch to the next generation,” Palmer instructed ABC News. “And so I thank the people of American Samoa for stepping up to make that statement for the rest of America.”
We’re formally 3+ hours into Tremendous Tuesday outcomes.
Donald Trump is 11 for 11 with wins in AL, AR, CO, ME, MA, MN, NC, OK, TN, TX & VA.
Joe Biden has misplaced American Samoa to an entrepreneur named Jason Palmer. pic.twitter.com/kJbG13LaX5
— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) March 6, 2024
Biden is the primary incumbent to lose a main since Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1980 and Carter went on to lose to Republican Ronald Reagan in a landslide.
The Washington Occasions reported:
President Biden skilled a stunning defeat within the Democratic main of American Samoa, marking the primary time an incumbent president has misplaced a main since Jimmy Carter in 1980.
The loss within the U.S. territory within the South Pacific got here on an evening that in any other case noticed a sequence of triumphs for Mr. Biden as he secured main wins in a number of states throughout the nation. Each Mr. Biden and former President Donald Trump solidified their standing as front-runners to clinch their respective events’ nominations for the 2024 presidential race.
Mr. Carter was the final incumbent to have confronted the same scenario when he misplaced a main. In 1980, the Georgian peanut farmer misplaced 12 contests to Democratic challenger Ted Kennedy however managed to win the general Democratic nomination. His eventual reelection marketing campaign resulted in a heavy loss to Republican contender Ronald Reagan.
