Does Buttigieg's strong showing make a first ballot win for Sanders less likely?

[Alhena]

Democratic Party rules allow superdelegates to vote on the second ballot at the convention, and there's no mystery about whether many of them would prefer Biden/Buttigieg/Warren or Sanders. That pretty much means that Sanders has to win on the first ballot of the convention- does Buttigieg's strong showing make that less likely?

[George II]

1. No, it was never likely in the first place.

[HerbChestnut]

2. I think it's less likely than if Bernie had outright won Iowa.

But Buttigieg doesn't have much support outside of the first two states, particularly among PoC. I really have no idea how this thing is going to turn out.

[Demsrule86]

5. Sanders has little support from POC either.

[HerbChestnut]

6. More than Pete.

Bernie also does very well with Latinos, and with Biden's campaign on the ropes African Americans may need to find someone else to support soon.

[msongs]

4. I can see more people looking out my window than voted in Iowa lol nt

[comradebillyboy]

7. A first ballot win was never in the cards for Sanders.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

8. Let's wait a month and have this conversation again.

Too soon to draw any conclusions.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

9. Was never going to happen. But Pete's win seals the deal.

Sanders needed a massive win in Iowa to sustain the narrative that he had a shot.

And that did not happen.

[Kentonio]

10. Joe needed to not come 4th, and especially not get beaten by another moderate.

But hey, primary season can throw up many surprises.

[LanternWaste]

12. IA was Bernie's to walk away with. He dropped the ball.

"But hey, primary season can throw up many surprises..."

[Blue_true]

11. You are putting the cart way before the horse.

99.1+% of the primary is still to be contested, including in many places where Sanders and Buttegieg are very weak.