Posted on 03/05/2024 9:01:11 PM PST by TBP
President Joe Biden has suffered his first lost in a Democratic primary, losing American Samoa's caucus Tuesday night to unknown candidate Jason Palmer.
The president was defeated in the tiny U.S. territory in the South Pacific that isn't awarded Electoral College votes but can still send Democratic delegates to this summer's convention.
Just 91 Democrats turned out to vote, with Palmer receiving 51 votes to Biden's 40. American Samoa has just six delegates, with Palmer expected to earn four and Biden two.
Palmer is a Baltimore-based investor but has spent time on the island in recent days, his campaign said.
During the 2020 Democratic primary race, American Samoa was the only contest to be won by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor.
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Did they forget to “fortify” the results from there or something?
> Did they forget to “fortify” the results from there or something? <
I guess Dominion decided that it was too expensive to ship voting machines all the way to American Samoa.
Don’t lose heart, Potato Head Joe. There are plenty of Dominion voting machines on the mainland.
They accidentally lost the machines overboard when Atlantis attacked.
Exactly.
The only time we hear about American Samoa is during election years.
Brandon is second to no one!
As American Samoa goes, so goes the nation.
I know the chance of this is too close to zero to mention but I will anyways.
Any challenger to the front runner, that earns delegates, later during the convention, the front runner (Biden) has the “legal” option to surrender all his/her delegates to this other challenger that also earned delegates.
Trump (businessman) versus Palmer (businessman) in the general election. Remember how Obama shot up out of nowhere for the 2008 election? What if we’re being played?
Does not matter - territories can vote in primaries, but not in Presidential elections, since they have no electoral votes to give.
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