The biggest difference between Al Gore in '88 and Michael Bloomberg '20 is the amount of money each could spend on Super Tuesday. Gore’s campaign was adequately funded by donors and federal campaign subsidies. Bloomberg’s has been spectacularly financed, with every dollar coming from his $60 billion-plus fortune. 

A handful of Biden supporters cheered in jubilation at a watch party for him at Rec Room when CNN projected him the winner of the Tennessee Democratic primary.