Did Joe Biden Make a Mistake by Not Going to Iowa with the Rest?

[uawchild]

1. Joe Biden's low-key campaigning schedule, explained

"The pace of the Biden campaign has even become a bit of a joke among journalists covering the 2020 race."
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"But as much as this approach has a solid tactical logic, it also intersects with two of Biden’s biggest potential campaign problems. Progressive activists hold a dyspeptic attitude toward him, and there are broader concerns among Democrats about his age and tendency to make gaffes. The best way for Biden to dispel both worries is to get out there in the day-in, day-out work of full-time campaigning — something that Biden’s camp says is coming but that we haven’t seen yet."

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/5/29/18637055/joe-biden-campaign-events

Well, since Biden hit ~42% after he announced then adopted this "low-key" campaign and dropped to ~34% nationally, I would say it has been a mistake.


The old sports boxing adage is when you have your opponent on the ropes, you better put them away. Biden chose not do this.

Another old sport boxing adage is "you can run, but you can't hide".

People are starting to think, per the Vox article, that the Biden Campaign is hiding Joe from the public as much as possible.

Has Biden Plateaued? Is 34% his actual ceiling?

Who knows, he might keep dropping, he might go back up. Time will tell.

But the Biden bounce definitely is over.