March 4, 2020 Volume CXL Issue 6 Georgetown College’s Student–Run Newspaper Super Tuesday: Biden surges after South Carolina

The Democratic Presidential Primary has changed significantly in the past few days. After his campaign was called dead by many in the media, former Vice-President Joe Biden came back with a very strong showing in South Carolina winning the state by almost 30 points. Following Biden’s win, entrepreneur Tom Steyer, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar have all announced that they are suspending their campaigns.

The latter two flew to Dallas, Texas where they took the stage to endorse Vice-President Joe Biden, alongside former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke. These three were not the only ones to

endorse Biden with a large number of Democratic representatives, and other party leaders such as Senator Tammy Duckworth and former Senate majority leader Harry Reid endorsed the former vice pres-

ident.

Biden’s late surge has fundamentally changed the race with his chances of the nomination having gone from a 32% chance of winning the most delegates in the primary before

South Carolina voted to a 65% chance of winning the most delegates afterwards according to FiveThirtyEight. With the other moderate candidates dropping out that he has increased his numbers in all of the remaining states, and his wins on Super Tuesday may not have been as significant if Buttigieg and Klobuchar had not dropped out.

The results of the elections of Super Tuesday are as follows: Biden wins in the majority of the states, including Minnestoa, Oklahoma,

Arkansas, Tenneessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Maine, Massachussetts, and Texas. Sanders wins in California, Vermont, Utah, and Colorado.

Overall, Biden won the majority of the states on Super Tuesday with Sanders being the second-most popular candidate.

Bloomberg did not the majority in any state on Super Tuesday, and the New York Times reports that Bloomberg will be reconsidering his continuance in the presidential race. Earlier on Tuesday evening, he reportedly told the Washington Examiner that “I have no intention of dropping out.” However, a defeat like this could change his mind.