Joe Biden wins in four states and extends advantage over Sanders

Former US Vice President Joe Biden won the primaries in at least four of the six states at stake on Tuesday, 10, according to US media projections, taking a crucial step over Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic nomination. the White House.

According to projections, Biden will have a 10 point advantage over the leftist senator in Michigan, the state with the largest number of delegates and the disputed "swing state" status (pendular or independent state, the one without a defined electoral profile). The state in the Northeast, was the icing on the cake this Tuesday.

Projections indicate that Biden also won in Mississippi, Missouri and Idaho. The progressive senator is expected to win in North Dakota and, so far, leads the projections in Washington, but with a minimal advantage over Obama's former deputy.

Michigan was the state that chose Donald Trump in the last elections and where Sanders beat Clinton in the Democratic primaries that year. In all, 352 delegates are at stake this Tuesday. 1,991 are needed to nominate the Democratic Party.

During the afternoon, Biden and Sanders canceled their rallies in Ohio, following the guidance of the authorities, in the face of the epidemic of the new coronavirus.

Biden, 77, who has received an avalanche of support in the past ten days from former opponents, has a traditional Democratic platform with central legislative reforms, while Sanders, a 78-year-old Vermont senator, defines himself as a "socialist democrat" defender of a “revolution”.

An incident involving Biden, widely shared on social media by Trump supporters, occurred while voters attended the polls