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2016 Postmortem

Doingto

(135 posts) Thu Sep 10, 2015, 09:03 AM Sep 2015

The Biden-is-surging narrative doesn't apply to Iowa

Where he trails both Sanders and Clinton badly in the latest Quinnipiac poll.

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The Biden-is-surging narrative doesn't apply to Iowa (Original Post) Doingto Sep 2015 OP

IA is a uniquely homogeneous state and there is no room for Biden to grow. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2015 #1

Well, in this particular poll, maybe WI_DEM Sep 2015 #2

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,711 posts)

1. IA is a uniquely homogeneous state and there is no room for Biden to grow.

Reply to Doingto (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 09:12 AM

Sep 2015

The reason he does appreciably better in nat'l polls is because the nat'l Democratic party is infinitely more heterogeneous than IA.

I do think Vice president Biden is a heck of a Plan B but his candidacy like all candidacies is not without flaws.

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)

2. Well, in this particular poll, maybe

Reply to Doingto (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 10:46 AM

Sep 2015

but in the recent NBC poll Biden was at 20%. Anyways, I don't think his strategy is Iowa or New Hampshire. I think if he gets in he's going to concentrate early on in South Carolina.

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