Biden's Wins in U.S. States that Matter Most
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We ran the numbers: There are 3083 news articles covering this topic. 52% (1617) are left leaning, 35% (1081) center, 12% (385) right leaning.
Former Vice President Joe Biden dominated Senator Bernie Sanders in Tuesday’s contests in three states, including Florida and Arizona, which are both known political battlegrounds. While left-leaning articles highlight that Biden is in control of the Democratic party’s nomination, right-leaning articles highlight the highs and lows of Biden’s campaign.
The Washington Post published a left-leaning article highlighting that although Biden is in control of the Democratic party’s nomination over Sanders, politics are entering into the unknown as the coronavirus continues to spread. The article notes that pressure is mounting for Sanders to end his campaign, although he shows that he isn’t ready to give up fighting for the policies he has championed in this campaign and his bid in 2016.
Reuters published a centrist article reporting that broad groups of voters ensured Biden’s success, including women, African Americans, and white rural voters. Furthermore, voters favored Biden over Sanders to handle a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic by more than 2-to-1 in Florida and Arizona.
A right-leaning article by Washington Times highlights that Biden has experienced a range of rises and falls during his candidacy, as he led rivals for months, but also occasionally confused dates, places, names and facts, during the summer and fall debates of 2019. The article speculates that Biden’s strategy to beat President Trump includes copying the Bloomberg playbook by avoiding campaign appearances, in addition to naming administration officials in advance and using a dozen or so of them as surrogates.
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Biden is in control of the campaign but politics is entering the vast unknown of the coronavirus
Washington Post