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Joe Biden Won Some Super Tuesday States Despite Having No Ground Game In Them

Ashe Schow
Joe Biden Won Some Super Tuesday States Despite Having No Ground Game In Them
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Just how big did former Vice President Joe Biden win on Super Tuesday? If you’re looking at strictly delegates, he didn’t win by that much, but if you’re looking at Biden’s ground game versus Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) or former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, then the former vice president won by a lot.

Biden walked away with wins in states he didn’t even visit or set up campaign offices. Derek Thompson, a writer for The Atlantic pointed out Tuesday night that Biden won Minnesota even though he had “no staff on the ground” – not “a single permanent staff member on the ground.” Biden walked away with 38 delegates from the state (Sanders is taking 26 and Warren will take 10) even though Sanders had dedicated staff in the state and held several events ahead of Super Tuesday.

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