Biden Slump in Iowa May Signal Bigger Campaign Woes
- Biden facing fourth place in partial Iowa Caucus results
- Campaign struggled to build strong Iowa organization
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Joe Biden has staked his presidential campaign on the argument that he is best positioned to ride anti-Trump sentiment to a victory in the general election. But his poor showing in the Iowa caucus raises questions about that strategy and whether he has the campaign structure to drive momentum into later states.
With three-fourths of the precincts reporting, Barack Obama’s vice president was sitting in fourth place, behind 38-year-old Pete Buttigieg, self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, another progressive senator.