Joe Biden wins Democratic nomination for President after Georgia primary victory

Joe Biden has clinched the Democratic nomination for president after winning the Georgia primary.

The president’s win in the Peach State means he has reached the 1,968 delegates necessary to take the nomination. He will be officially regonised at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this August.

Mr Biden, who mounted his first bid for president 37 years ago, did not face any serious Democratic challengers to his run for reelection at age 81. That was despite facing low approval ratings and a lack of voter enthusiasm for his presidency — driven in part by his age.

Just 38 per cent of US adults approve of how Mr Biden is handling his job as president while 61 per cent disapprove, according to a recent survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump also secured another victory in Georgia on Tuesday bringing him closer to the Republican nomination and a rematch of the 2020 election with Mr Biden.

Mr Trump’s only significant competition came from former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination earlier this month, following major defeats on Super Tuesday.

The Biden campaign’s strategy has been to constantly highlight Trump’s perceived shortcomings, while the former president’s has been enkeeping with his brutal and personal style of attacking political opponents.

Mr Biden has tried to frame the race as a battle for freedom, both at home and abroad, contrasting his support for Ukraine and work to expand NATO with Mr Trump’s praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his suggestion that he would tell Russia to attack NATO allies he considers delinquent.

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