Trump and Biden boast wins in New Hampshire primary

By Ashleigh FieldsAFRO Assistant Editorafields@afro.com Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden remain top contenders in the 2024 presidential election. Both of them won the New Hampshire primary for their respective parties this week with only one of the two appearing on the ballot. Biden secured 73 percent of the votes as a write-in candidate over Dean Phillips (D-Minn.- 3) and self help author Marianne Williamson. The sitting president chose not to appear on the ballot after a startling change to the Democratic primary calendar shifting the first official primary from New Hampshire to South Carolina for the first time in over 100 years. Nonetheless New Hampshire state law mandates that it holds the first primary in the nation which secures privatized ballots unlike the Iowa Caucus. Due to the calendar dispute, Biden was prevented from campaigning in state without penalty but sent cabinet members and close confidants to wager support which proved to be a worthy cause until a deceptive voicemail targeted at voters discouraged citizens from participating in the primary.& “It’s important that you save your vote for the November election,” declared the voice believed to be generated by AI.& The Biden campaign team immediately reported the...