Residents of the US territory say a targeted ad campaign was responsible for the US president’s loss in the Democratic Super Tuesday caucus
In less than 24 hours, Jason Palmer went from being a relatively unknown Baltimore businessman, to toppling a sitting president in a US primary caucus. Since then he’s been featured in newspaper profiles, been interviewed on major news networks – and found himself the subject of internet memes across the world.
Joe Biden’s campaign team may have expected to win every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday – but if so, they didn’t account for American Samoa. Of the 91 ballots cast in the territory’s caucus, Palmer won 51, while Biden received 40.