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Joyetter Feagaimaali’i in American Samoa

Zoom meetings and beach clean-ups: how unknown Jason Palmer upset Biden in the American Samoa primary

Pago Pago Harbor, Tutuila in American Samoa.
Jason Palmer recieved more votes than Joe Biden in the Super Tuesday caucus in American Samoa. Photograph: Alamy

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.

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