Joe Biden Triumphs in South Carolina Primary Election 2024

South Carolina held the first official Democratic primary. President Joe Biden won easily. Historically, Iowa and New Hampshire went first, but Biden elected to have South Carolina move to the front of the pack. The shift wasn’t well received by New Hampshire, which held a contest anyway last month. Because of the DNC rules boosting South Carolina, that contest was largely symbolic and Biden won as a write-in candidate by overwhelming margin. In South Carolina, Biden cruised past his two primary opponents: Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota and self-help author Marianne Williams.