Who’s Left Standing for Super Tuesday?

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🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The Democratic primary field has been dramatically re-shuffled since Saturday. After Joe Biden swept up votes and delegates in South Carolina, moderate candidates dropped out to strengthen his challenge against front-runner Bernie Sanders. So, with over a thousand delegates on the table across a slew of states, are Democrats inevitably headed for a contested convention? Guest: Jim Newell, Slate’s senior politics reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, slate listeners.
0:01.5	Deal us a favor and help us make a better slate by answering our survey.
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0:07.1	You can find it at slate.com slash survey.
0:12.1	Hey, just a heads up before we start the show.
0:14.0	There is like the tiniest bit of salty language right at the end.
0:18.8	You should listen anyway.
0:25.2	Pop quiz for you, Jim.
0:27.0	Oh, God.
0:28.8	Name all the states that are voting today.
0:35.6	Okay, let me try to, I'm not going to cheat and look at the map.
0:38.3	I'm going to visualize it from West East.
0:40.5	California, Ding, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama.
0:46.1	Jim Nuel is the senior political writer here at slate.
0:49.1	In other words, he is our go-to guy for all things super Tuesday.
0:53.4	Is that, do I have enough?
0:54.8	You're at 11.
0:56.2	American Sama was that this time?
0:58.7	American Sama, it is this time.
1:01.5	Tonight, there are more than a thousand Democratic delegates up for grabs.
1:05.2	Coast to coast.
1:06.7	It's been a dizzying week in which Joe Biden staged a comeback
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