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Welcome to The Lead from Meet the Press, I'm Liz Brown-Kizer. In yesterday's episode, we warned you that the public, pundits, and politicians can't assume too much about the state of the 2020 race. We've learned that lesson before, the 2016 election, remember? And more recently, this Tuesday, when Joe Biden became a Phoenix, rising from the ashes, overtaking Bernie Sanders as the race's front-runner.
But something else many assumed earlier in the race was that Elizabeth Warren would be a front-runner. And for a while, in fact, our NBC News Wall Street Journal poll back in September found that enthusiasm among voters was high as for Warren, and by a significant margin, 35% compared to Sanders, 25%, and Biden's 23%. And in October, she was tied for first with Joe Biden in the national polling average. But she dropped out of the race today.
Warren's support in the polls over the past few months steadily dipped. She has only earned a total of about 50 delegates so far, compared to Biden and Sanders' 500+, and don't forget, she also failed to win her home state of Massachusetts Tuesday, coming in third place. All of this, despite her detailed policy proposals, relatively strong debate performances, and attempts to find a foil in several candidates. Most recently, Mike Bloomberg.
But remember that whole wine cave episode with people to judge? So long story short, you should never assume the current conventional wisdom will hold in the 2020 Democratic primary. Just as our podcast Hostess with the Most Discary Dan said yesterday. But that was yesterday.
So today, let's talk straightforward, factual numbers. Numbers about another recent 2020 dropout. As you probably know, Bloomberg led the 2020 pack by millions in spending. In super Tuesday's states alone, he spent just under $200 million to air ads across the states since January 1st.
At a certain point, these huge numbers lose a bit of their gravity. So let's break down what they actually mean. According to an NBC News tally, Bloomberg spent $57.33 per second, yes second, on his campaign, which started in November. Each delegate he has earned so far, remember we're still waiting for some results, cost him nearly $21,000 a pop.
But perhaps the most confounding number is $8,986. That's how much every person in American Samoa costs the Bloomberg campaign individually. That's right, in the only contest Bloomberg won super Tuesday, American Samoa. Each person there costs Bloomberg almost $9,000 bucks.
Now that's a pricey dinner date, and that is safe to assume. That's all it for us. If you'd like to hear more of this free audio briefing, be sure to download us on your favorite podcast app.