Biden and Trump dominate Super Tuesday contests

 US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump swept to victory in statewide nominating contests across the country on Tuesday, setting up a historic rematch in November’s general election despite low approval ratings for both candidates, Reuters reports.

Trump won the Republican votes in a dozen states on Super Tuesday, brushing aside former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, his lone remaining rival, whose only win of the night thus far came in Vermont, Edison Research projected.

Biden is believed to have won Democratic nominating contests in 14 states - plus Iowa, where people voted by post․ He did suffer one loss, in the U.S. territory of American Samoa’s caucus, where entrepreneur Jason Palmer won 51 votes to Biden’s 40, according to the American Samoa Democratic Party.

Trump and Biden turned their focus on each other as the results became clear. In a victory speech delivered at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida, Trump focused on Biden’s immigration policies and called him the “worst president” in history.

In a statement, Biden said Trump would “drag us backwards into chaos, division, and darkness.”

Another campaign between Trump, 77, and Biden, 81 is one few Americans seem to want. Opinion polls show both Biden and Trump have low approval ratings among voters.