Biden’s Back: Super Tuesday Resets Former VP’s Campaign

Biden and his campaign return on Super Tuesday with a bang, netting a lead over all other Democratic candidates. 

A ‘Super’ Super Tuesday for Biden 

While many believed that Super Tuesday could be spectacular for former Vice President Joe Biden, a fair amount of skeptics also thought it could be the end of his campaign. Biden skyrocketed above previous leader Sanders and winning a big majority of the states. 

Alabama, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia are the nine states Biden conquered this Super Tuesday compared to Sanders’ three of Colorado, Utah and Vermont, although the final results from California and Maine are yet to come in. 

After the miraculous turnaround, Biden’s now sitting at 87 more delegates than Sanders, per NBC. Though March still has 11 states left to go, even if Sanders wins several, it’s still more than likely that Biden will remain the leader. 

Sanders has been “stuck” around the 20s, as some describe, meaning that he’s hovering around 20-30 percent tops for support in each state, but a more troubling statistic has come out. Even in his home state of Vermont, Sanders only received 51% of votes – a 35 point difference in comparison to his 2016 performance, in which he received 86%, hinting that Sanders hasn’t really been expanding his base. 

After Super Tuesday, tables have turned quite a bit, with poor results for Sanders, great ones for Biden, and, well, horrible ones for Bloomberg, as the former New York City Mayor, was only able to pick up 18 delegates from the contests, despite spending nearly $200 million on advertising in Super Tuesday states. 

But while Joe Biden was busy celebrating his Super Tuesday win in California, other candidates aren’t as happy and might now be mulling over whether they should continue in the race.