BOSTON – It was a disastrous Super Tuesday for Senator Elizabeth Warren, characterized by an embarrassing loss in her home state of Massachusetts, where she finished far and third and lost to former Vice President Joe Biden.
The US senator from Massachusetts almost disappeared one night when the Democratic presidential primary turned into a face-to-face race between Biden and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders.
Warren not only won zero states; she did not finish second in a primary. Her arrival in Massachusetts was in fact her best performance and the only state where she won more than 20% of the vote at 1:30 a.m. EST.
But Warren’s campaign has indicated that it has no plans to withdraw from the race on Tuesday evening, reminding supporters in an email calling for donations that the results continue to run and that six more primaries are within a week.
Warren, who led the national polls in the fall, appeared to end up above the 15% viability threshold in just a few states, which means that she will leave Super Tuesday with far fewer delegates than the first two .
Biden has been declared the Massachusetts winner by the Associated Press. With 80% of the votes reported, Biden obtained nearly 34% of the votes, followed by Sanders with 26% and Warren with 21%.
The former vice president did not campaign in Massachusetts, create an organization or broadcast television ads in the state. In fact, a WBUR poll last Friday showed him a 9% poll in fifth place. Biden’s rapid surge after South Carolina was probably exposed in Massachusetts more than in any other state.
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Warren’s lackluster performance even caught the eye of President Donald Trump: “Elizabeth‘ Pocahontas ’Warren, other than Mini Mike, was the loser of the night. She did not even manage to reach her home state, Massachusetts. Well, now she can just sit with her husband and have a nice cold beer! “
Warren, who campaigned on the party’s progressive path, lost support from the party left to Sanders. Rather, his campaign focused on the repatriation of delegates. But it’s hard to find a way for her to win the majority of the 1,991 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination, which means she should win a negotiated convention.
Nevertheless, she anticipated in an early evening campaign speech in Detroit.
“Predictions are a terrible endeavor. Experts have been wrong many times,” said Warren. “Give a vote that will make you proud. Vote with your heart. And vote for the person you think will make the best president of the United States.”
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Before Massachusetts polling stations closed on Tuesday evening, Warren’s campaign progressed with an email describing the senator’s travel schedule this week. She plans to hold events in Michigan, Arizona and Idaho – three states that will vote later this month.