Now that it’s March, primary season is in full swing, and a lot has happened since the first election day. There have been some big wins and big losses, and several notable candidates dropped out after failure to win votes. Among those who have dropped out are Elizabeth Warren, Mike Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar.
The game has changed drastically since Super Tuesday, the day when 14 states hold their primaries at once. The first two states who voted were Iowa and New Hampshire, and these states voted in majority for Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg. Just based off those two states, anyone would have thought Sanders and Buttigieg were going to be the top two candidates for the nomination. However, that all changed since Super Tuesday.
Joe Biden had a surge of wins in the Southeast, including in Tennessee, whereas Sanders did better in California, Colorado and Vermont. Since the results of Super Tuesday, Buttigieg lost popularity and dropped out of the race after failing to win the majority in any state after Iowa and New Hampshire.
From Super Tuesday results, it looks like the two main competitors for the Democratic Party nomination will be Sanders and Biden. Since most of the most notable candidates have dropped out, this probably won’t change once more states vote. It will be interesting to see if this will be a close race for the nomination until the end or if one candidate will gain a wide lead over the other.
Now that many candidates have dropped out of the race, several former candidates are endorsing Biden, which is highly controversial considering some of them such as Sen. Cory Booker have publicly criticized him in the past. Seeing these candidates support Biden reminds me of the 2016 election when more and more politicians who were originally anti-Trump were suddenly endorsing him.
Why are these people suddenly switching their perspective? Maybe some truly agree more with Biden’s beliefs over Sanders’, but maybe some are doing it for less honest reasons, such as party loyalty or publicity. Sanders is not the typical democratic candidate, and I think there are many democratic politicians who are against him because he won’t abide to some of the party’s standards.
Many more states have yet to vote, and it will be interesting to see what the results will be. Hopefully any future endorsements of any candidate will be given for honest reasons.
