Joe Biden is campaigning in Nevada in much the same way he did in Iowa and New Hampshire, where he suffered back-to-back losses that transformed him from frontrunner to underdog
.It’s a testament to the campaign’s sense of confidence — or its state of denial — that it continues to operate as if Nevada, the first diverse state to vote this year, will be different for Biden than the two heavily white states where he was crushed.
At his Reno event, a voter was puzzled by Biden’s predicament, noting “you’re smart, you’re well educated, you’re experienced, you’ve got class, and you’ve got character ... If you get the nomination in November, it’ll be Mr. Rogers versus Darth Vader. What the heck is going on here?” Now, some of his backers privately fret about the disparity in on-the-ground energy when compared to Sanders, Warren, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar. All of them packed in 1,000-person crowds at Nevada events over the weekend while events organized by Biden’s campaign only had about a quarter of the attendance or less.
Part of Sanders advantage has been years in the making. He nearly won the state 2016 caucus against Hillary Clinton and his supporters never seemed to have flagged, operatives say. Like other operatives in the state, however, Magnus said it would be a mistake to count Biden out. His deep ties to leaders in the state and his high name ID with voters – including the majority white electorate that has a moderate lean to it – are still significant.
Biden also promised to take on the NRA and criticized Sanders for a past vote to exempt gun manufacturers from liability in shooting deaths — a sensitive topic in Las Vegas, where a mass shooting left 58 dead and 413 wounded in 2017.
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