"Biden's South Carolina Sweep Sets Stage for Presidential Showdown"

President Joe Biden overwhelmingly wins all 55 pledged delegates in South Carolina's Democratic primary, the first official primary of this year's presidential election, with little competition within his party. Biden pledges to make Republican Donald Trump a "loser" and recalls how South Carolina voters "breathed life" into his 2020 campaign. More than a quarter of South Carolina's population is black, and it was the state's black voters who helped secure Biden's bid for the Democratic nomination in 2020. Biden formally announced his 2024 re-election bid in April 2023, emphasizing the need for more time to "finish this job".