Preliminary predictions indicate that US President Joe Biden will prevail in the New Hampshire primary, allaying Democratic concerns that his lackluster campaign and his name being left off the ballot could result in a humiliating loss, CNN reported. In an effort to persuade ordinary Democrats to cast ballots in favor of Biden, Biden’s supporters planned to start an unofficial write-in campaign for president.
Moreover, Biden was not among the 21 candidates listed on the ballot after New Hampshire defied the primary calendar set by the National Democratic Party.
US President Biden’s win will be ‘symbolic”, and will welcome the result as a positive sign of enthusiasm for the 81-year-old’s reelection bid, as reported by CNN.
However, due to the internal party clash, Biden did not register for the primary and the results and did not yield any nominating delegates.
The result of the infighting was an exceptionally tense lead-up to the race due to worries that the president, who is already having difficulty thrilling the Democratic base, might not be able to muster enough support to prevent the embarrassing outcome, CNN reports. Biden surrogates started endorsing a write-in campaign targeted at Granite State Democrats and “undeclared” independents who desired a vote in the Democratic primary as those concerns intensified. He did not, however, personally run for office in New Hampshire.