Brookings Senior Fellow John Hudak looks at the results of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries and examines the factors that fueled former Vice President Joe Biden’s dramatic comeback, why former Mayor Bloomberg’s unlimited budget couldn’t save his candidacy, and which upcoming states will be the true tests of Biden and Bernie Sanders’s competing visions for the Democratic Party.
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Authors
John Hudak
Former Brookings Expert,
Director of the Office of Cannabis Policy
- Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services
Adrianna Pita
Office of Communications
Commentary
PodcastWhat drove Biden’s big wins on Super Tuesday?
March 4, 2020