JOE Biden has drawn first blood in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, cementing his status as the clear-cut favorite.
Biden won the first Democratic primaries in South Carolina on Saturday, kicking off the party's contest in the 2024 presidential election.
President Biden secured an easy victory in the Palmetto State on Saturday, with 34 of the 55 delegates pledging themselves for the incumbent according to early voting.
The Associated Press called the race for Biden at 7.23pm, less than half an hour after polls closed, with more than 95 percent support.
Rep. Dean Phillips from Minnesota and author Marianne Williamson each received less than 2 percent of the vote.
The Democratic National Committee selected South Carolina as the first official state to hold the campaign session after changing up the primary schedule for 2024.
The party stripped New Hampshire of its delegates after branding the primary there pointless due to its track record of not picking the eventual nominee.
In its history, New Hampshire has only once correctly picked the eventual nominee: John Kerry in 2004.
Biden breezed to victory in the South Carolina primary with no legitimate opponent on the ballot, earning over half of the state's votes.
The president's only opposition is Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips after author Marianne Williamson dropped out of the race following her dismal performance in New Hampshire.
Phillips received about 20 percent of the votes in New Hampshire while Williams earned about 4 percent.
Still, Biden, who did not campaign in the state, won New Hampshire by a sizable margin with write-in votes.
Meanwhile, voters in the Palmetto State will be able to vote for their Republican candidate at the next GOP primary on February 24.
Donald Trump will look to finally put an end to Nikki Haley's campaign after a dominating showing in New Hampshire and Iowa.
The former president earned more than half the votes in the Granite State, picking up 11 of the state's 22 delegates.
Trump was flanked by Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, and soon after, Ron DeSantis, former candidates who gave him their endorsement.
"We beat her so badly," Trump bragged to the MAGA crowd in New Hampshire.
"Ron beat her also. Ron came in second, and he left. She came in third, and she's still hanging around."
