Biden adds Michigan to win total, delivering blow to Sanders
Source: AP
By WILL WEISSERT and LAURIE KELLMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) Joe Biden won Michigans Democratic primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice presidents victory in Michigan, as well as Missouri and Mississippi, dealt a serious blow to Sanders, who is urgently seeking to jump-start his flagging campaign.
Sanders could still get a boost later in the night in Idaho, North Dakota or Washington state. But fewer delegates were at stake than in Mississippi, Missouri and Michigan, where Bidens decisive performance again showed his strength with working-class voters and African Americans, who are vital to winning the Democratic nomination.
Its a dramatic reversal of fortune for Biden, whose campaign appeared on the brink of collapse just two weeks ago. Sanders opened the nomination process with strong showings in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, but Biden rebounded in South Carolina and built on that success with a surprise Super Tuesday rout last week.
Sanders had been hoping to pull off a victory in Michigan, where his win four years ago lent much-needed credibility to his 2016 primary challenge of Hillary Clinton. The state is also vitally important since President Donald Trumps win there was so narrow four years ago that Democrats are desperate to show they have the strength to flip it back.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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THIS is the ONE post allowed in LBN for Michigan.
SunSeeker
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(32,796 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)fat lady to sing.
bernie its over
again, pie-in -the -sky cons the younger people, not so much the rest of u
Nitram
(22,892 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 10, 2020, 10:49 PM - Edit history (1)
this is a big endorsement imho.
NBachers
(17,146 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,104 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,654 posts)I so enjoy reading good news!
But this news is great!
GO JOE!!!