Looking at the latest returns as of this morning, there really wasn’t any good news for Bernie Sanders last night. Joe Biden swept the four states that have been called thus far and, if anything, expanded the leads he held in most areas.
He took nearly 80% (!) of the vote in Mississippi, 60% in Missouri and more than 50% (so far) in Michigan, which was supposed to be Sanders’ last stand.
It was a bit closer in Idaho, but that was probably because of all the early voting. (Warren, Bloomberg and Buttigieg all took a small share of the vote there, leaving Biden with a plurality.
There’s not much reason to think North Dakota will deliver any real hope for Sanders once they get their caucus counting figured out. Washington may still wind up being the oddball because all of their voting was done by mail, with many ballots cast before the South Carolina turnaround.
And as NBC News reported, Uncle Joe was already talking about Sanders in the past tense at his victory rally last night. -Read More
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11.27.2024