Leaked numbers from the canceled final Des Moines Register Iowa Poll showed Joe Biden in fourth place with 13 percent. His staff were flabbergasted.
DES MOINES — Days before Iowa Democrats went to their precinct caucuses, the news dropped like a bomb.the final Des Moines Register Iowa Poll showed Joe Biden in fourth place with 13 percent.Biden’s Iowa staffers were floored, according to a person familiar with discussions among several aides at the time.
Donors needed to be calmed. Staffers began pointing fingers over what exactly went wrong. The campaign parted ways with its Iowa field director, Adrienne Bogen. “Adrienne and I have worked closely together on recent campaign in Florida where her expertise and demeanor were invaluable to our success and the type of campaign that best represented our candidates values. I am incredibly disappointed that any campaign would lay complete blame on any one person. I am even more disappointed that those in positions above her have tried to make her the scapegoat of the Iowa debacle,” said Ana Cruz, a Democratic political consultant and lobbyist from Florida.
Just days prior to the caucuses, Schultz had given a private presentation to supporters about an expected outcome that was considerably rosier. Some of the precinct tallies from election night showed Biden losing support after the first alignment, a sign of weak support or poorly trained precinct captains or both.
Dick Harpootlian, Biden’s top South Carolina surrogate who traveled to Iowa to knock on doors and assist in caucus organization, had a different view on the organization from the night. The upcoming New Hampshire primary doesn’t offer any respite to Biden: advisers within the campaign have long considered the state among the weakest early states for Bidenin part due to Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders’ home state proximity. The campaign has also long said Biden would fare better in more diverse places like Nevada and South Carolina.
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