Joe Biden and Donald Trump emerged politically dominant in the Super Tuesday elections, in a “taste” of their showdown in the November 5 presidential election.

“Super Tuesday” is a crucial matchup in every pre-election period in the USA, as votes are held in 15 states and American Samoa for the nomination of the candidates of the two major parties in the presidential elections. The winner in 14 of the 15 States was the Democratic politician, dominant in 12 the Republican.

In the Democratic camp, President Joe Biden, 81, who is vying for the nomination of his party practically without a real opponent, is expected to win all 15 states. A second Trump term means a return to chaos, Biden warned.

“Will we continue to move forward or will we allow Donald Trump to drag us back into the chaos, division and darkness that defined his tenure?” he wondered. He mentioned the “progress” achieved under his leadership and added: “If Donald Trump returns to the White House, all this progress is at risk,” the American president pointed out.

The candidacies of his rivals, Minnesota politician Dean Phillips and author Marian Williamson, never generated much excitement, despite ongoing criticism of the president’s advanced age, or his continued support for Israel in its war with Hamas, despite humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip.

As a given, he has so far emerged victorious in proceedings in 13 states and Iowa, where voting has been done by mail in recent weeks.

For his part, the former president, according to Republican calculations, won in Virginia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Maine, Arkansas, Alabama, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Colorado his only opponent now in the race, Nikki Haley, former ambassador of his government to the UN. He also emerged victorious in Texas, a large state in the American South, and in California. These are the two most populous American states.

Donald Trump expressed his satisfaction with the “terrific evening”. “It was an awesome night, an incredible day… It’s called Super Tuesday for a reason. That was a big hit!” the real estate mogul told supporters gathered at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.

Polls closed on Tuesday afternoon (early Wednesday morning in Greece) in: Vermont, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Arkansas, followed by Colorado, Minnesota, Texas and Utah. Counting continues in California, while the polls have not yet closed in Alaska.