NEW: “I could be, yes I am,” Bernie Sanders tells GStephanopoulos when asked if he was referring to Joe Biden when he talked of “old-fashioned politics.” “Biden did very well last night but we did win among younger African Americans,” he adds.
vice president into the second-place position in the delegate hunt, where he now trails Sen. Bernie Sanders by five delegates. It is an upswing for Biden's campaign following two disappointing finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire and coming in at a distant second place behind Sanders in the Nevada caucuses.The win also brought an influx of fundraising to the campaign.
"This month we raised -- which for us is a lot of money -- I guess its about close to $18 million, we raised $5 million just from the win last night," Biden said.diverse states that betterDemocratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Sumter, SC., Feb. 28, 2020.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Sumter, SC., Feb. 28, 2020.But with Super Tuesday rapidly approaching and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's name soon to appear on ballots, questions remain about Biden's ability to translate the win into further results -- especially given reports of lackluster organization on the ground.Saturday morning, Biden was confident that the race was far from over.
"There's all kinds of analyses that suggest that may cut into my base, he may not cut into my base," Biden told reporters outside a polling station in Greenville, South Carolina."All I know is I think I'm going to do well here, and I think that's going to put me in a position to do well in North Carolina and Alabama and other states in the Democratic primary I think I can do well in, but I don't think it will even be over after Super Tuesday.
Biden is next embarks on a multi-state sprint across the country leading up to Super Tuesday, with campaign events in Alabama, Virginia, Texas and California.
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