1. Not that it wasn’t expected, but media coverage after South Carolina is a real disservice.
It’s partly their horse race coverage model, part bias/corruption and part just good old fashion stupidity/ignorance.
Here’s the real state of the race after Joe Biden’s expected win.
It’s partly their horse race coverage model, part bias/corruption and part just good old fashion stupidity/ignorance.
Here’s the real state of the race after Joe Biden’s expected win.
2. Joe Biden’s Coalition is still not a minority coalition and it isn’t even a Black Democrat Coalition.
It is a Southern Black Democrat Coalition.
Bernie Sander has done very well among Black Democrats NOT in the South, including just behind Biden in Nevada.
By Super Tuesday
It is a Southern Black Democrat Coalition.
Bernie Sander has done very well among Black Democrats NOT in the South, including just behind Biden in Nevada.
By Super Tuesday
3. By Super Tuesday, Bernie Sanders is going to have wins in the West, Midwest, and Northeast.
Joe Biden will have outsized wins in the South, the region of the country and Electoral Map in which the nominee will have no chance to win come November.
On delegates...
Joe Biden will have outsized wins in the South, the region of the country and Electoral Map in which the nominee will have no chance to win come November.
On delegates...
4. On delegates, because the largest prize of the night allocates by congressional district and because of Bernie’s dominant position among Hispanic voters, he’s going to rack up the delegate count.
Joe Biden would need to demonstrate he can add Hispanics to his coalition but...
Joe Biden would need to demonstrate he can add Hispanics to his coalition but...
5. But so far, Biden has been unable to put together the Clinton Coalition that beat back the Sanders surge in 2016.
There’s no evidence to suggest he can at this point now and certainly doesn’t have the time to run ads for weeks with whatever money he earns after South Carolina
There’s no evidence to suggest he can at this point now and certainly doesn’t have the time to run ads for weeks with whatever money he earns after South Carolina
6. So, the state of the race is Bernie Sanders has the edge though it’s hard to imagine a scenario in which he will get to the needed number of delegates to clinch the nomination.
That leaves the Democratic Party with a difficult choice to make, one which already sounds made.
That leaves the Democratic Party with a difficult choice to make, one which already sounds made.
From thread to article. Here's the real state of the 2020 Democratic Nomination ahead of #SuperTuesday.
Corporate media can no longer cover elections competently or honestly.
This is now about depriving Sanders the delegates need to clinch.
Corporate media can no longer cover elections competently or honestly.
This is now about depriving Sanders the delegates need to clinch.
