Although Wallace got few votes and failed to unseat Truman in 1948, he "succeeded in having his ideas adopted, except in the field of foreign affairs," Stone and Kuznick noted.
Likewise, when he debated Biden, Sanders said, "Joe has won more states than I have, but we're winning the ideological battle." Indeed, exit polls on Super Tuesday showed that a majority of voters in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi all of which were won by Biden favored a government medical plan instead of private insurance.
"We are winning the generational struggle" as well, Sanders added. Depending on the states, he added, "we're winning the 50 years and younger" and "big time with 30 years and younger."
Throughout the primary season, Sanders's fingerprints have been all over the debates and have permeated the campaigns. Indeed, all of the candidates have embraced some or many of Sanders's progressive policies. Just before the debate, Biden adopted a version of Sanders's proposal that students be able to attend public colleges and universities tuition-free.
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