Joe Biden’s advisers say his 18-county swing through Iowa is not a campaign reset, but they acknowledge he must sharpen his pitch before the Feb. 3 caucuses that launch Democrats’ 2020 voting. Pete Buttigieg appears to hold a narrow edge in the state.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden talks with World War II veteran Art Greenquist of Galesburg, Ill., after an event, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.
They frame the extended trip as an effort to demonstrate wide appeal and harden support across a Democratic electorate whose top priority is defeating President Donald Trump. Conversations with advisers and supporters reveal a quiet confidence that the 77-year-old candidate retains a broad base of support and is well-situated to recover lost ground.
Biden opened November with an underwhelming speech at the state party’s “Liberty & Justice” gala. While Buttigieg and Warren roused thousands of supporters in a Des Moines arena, Biden ticked through his standard applause lines as whole sections of seats purchased by his campaign sat empty. Yet all the handwringing misses key variables in Iowa, according to Vilsack and other Biden supporters.
Collectively, it’s a wide-net strategy the campaign predicts will yield a surprising delegate haul from Iowa’s complex caucus process. Two other key Democratic constituencies also are in play in Iowa, even if they aren’t the dominant forces they are in other states: organized labor and minority voters.
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