Donald Trump is looking for the preliminary decision on Super Tuesday. German economists fear high costs for the economy if he is re-elected. More information in the news blog.
The most important things at a glance
The USA will elect a new president in November. The party primaries are currently underway, at the end of which one candidate will be nominated. It is considered likely that the Democrats will become the incumbent Joe Biden and the Republicans put up the former president Donald Trump will be sent into the race. Here you will find an overview of the polls and the US electoral system; you can read all new developments here:
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Trump probably won’t like this poll at all
0.54 a.m.: A victory on Super Tuesday is unlikely to be taken away from Donald Trump. But he probably won’t like this representative post-election survey that has just been published: in the US state of North Carolina, according to the polling institute Edison Research, around 32 percent of the Republican voters surveyed said that they view Donald Trump as unsuitable for another presidency if he were convicted of a crime to be judged.
Such a collapse among their own voters would jeopardize victory in North Carolina. Trump actually won the state on the east coast comfortably in 2020 by 1.3 percentage points over Joe Biden, which corresponds to around 75,000 votes. In the state of Virginia, the results of a similar post-election survey were even clearer. There, 53 percent even said that Trump would be “unfit for office” after a conviction.
Pelosi goes to great lengths for her party friends
0.44 a.m.: Shortly before Election Day, Nancy Pelosi called on voters to use their voice. “Know your power. Use your power. Go vote!” she said in a commercial that her team distributed at X. The former speaker of the US House of Representatives called for Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to be given a second term and re-nominated for the Democratic presidential nomination.
US President Joe Biden records his first success of the day
0.33 a.m.: The incumbent US President Joe Biden has won the Democratic Party primaries in Iowa. This was reported by the AP news agency. He received more than 90 percent of the vote. The only opposing candidates were the member of the House of Representatives, Dean Philipps, and the author of self-help books Marianne Williamson.
The president appears to be using Election Day to prepare for his State of the Union address, as his team documented in a post on X. The speech is scheduled for Thursday evening (local time).
Voters about Biden: “He can barely walk anymore”
0.12 a.m.: Numerous voters are heading to the polls in the primary election in Texas. The prospects for Donald Trump are likely to be good in the traditionally conservative state. “I don’t think Joe Biden’s health is so good that he should still lead the country,” a New York Times reporter quoted a Texas voter as saying. “He can barely walk anymore. Trump looks much fitter to me.” 55-year-old Carlos Ogle, a former deputy sheriff in the city of San Antonio, told the newspaper.
