Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Why Biden Won South Carolina

It was far from inevitable, and it matters for Super Tuesday.

March 2, 2020 at 12:30 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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With the end of February comes the end of the early delegate-selection events, which are dominated by spin and stories and knocking out candidates. Now we come to the events, beginning with Super Tuesday this week, in which what matters more than anything is the delegate count.