Opaque internal numbers released by the 2020 campaigns in Iowa amid the delay in the official result point to a disappointing for vice president Joe Biden if borne out.
The Sanders numbers, which are not official or complete and should be taken with a pinch of salt, show the independent senator from Vermont in the lead, which echoes recent polling in Iowa showing him ahead of former vice president Joe Biden.
Klobuchar, another moderate and another threat to the Biden campaign, also claims to have outperformed expectations in Iowa.."With the numbers we've seen internally and publicly, we're running even or ahead of Vice President Biden. Wheels up to New Hampshire!" Were Biden to finish in third or fourth place, it would be a serious blow, but not necessarily a fatal one. Spencer Kimball, director of Emerson College Polling, told"The question will be who beats him, I think it becomes a problem if he falls behind Buttigieg or Klobuchar because that would give one of those candidates a boost in New Hampshire, which is a strong state for Sanders and Warren," Kimball said.
Bloomberg, the media and financial data billionaire, is another moderate to rival Biden. He was not on the ballot in Iowa because he entered the 2020 race late. But if Biden puts in a weak showing, Bloomberg's campaign is hoping to move in and take over as the leading centrist.
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