Has it really just been a week?

Just over a week ago, seven Democratic primary candidates were on-stage for the South Carolina debate. Now four of them have dropped out, while the race condenses to Joe Biden vs Bernie Sanders -- with Elizabeth Warren trailing far behind.

Although Joe Biden has captured the majority of Super Tuesday headlines, he didn't win all the delegates, due to the set-up of the Democratic primary. That means the race is still on to the Democratic National Convention, as it seems unlikely the Sanders campaign will drop out for the sake of party unity before then.

Sorry, Mike. We're sure President Trump enjoyed tweeting about you dropping out of the 2020 election.

"President Trump mocked former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary on Wednesday, saying he “didn’t have what it takes” and accusing him of trying to “save face” by endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. " [Read the full story from The Hill.]

Mike Bloomberg spent more than $555 million in advertising, but it still wasn't enough to claim more than 44 delegates. (Yes, that's about $12 million spent per delegate received when you average the math out.) Recognizing that there's no path to the nomination, he dropped out this morning with an endorsement of Joe Biden.

Unsurprisingly, President Trump had some sharp -- and funny -- commentary about Bloomberg's exit from the 2020 campaign.

That means the election is likely to be the Democratic establishment vs Bernie Sanders now, as the three departing "moderate" candidates (we use that term loosely) all joined the Biden camp this week.

We're shocked -- shocked! -- to discover the media doesn't understand the American people.

"At present, Biden and Sanders are locked in a battle for delegates. Both men have a good shot at the nomination. But this was true a year ago as well. They were both better-known and better-liked than many in the media seemed to grasp, and an endless series of magazine covers, fluff pieces, and editorial board endorsements aimed at other candidates couldn't make any difference whatsoever." [Read the full story from Reason.]

In a plot twist that everyone but the D.C. media class saw coming, the Democratic primary seems that it will come down to Sanders vs. Biden.

Political journalists who have, in turn, pumped up Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Bloomberg (remember the wild week everyone told us Bloomberg would win it all?!) have tried to understand what went wrong with their predictions -- and many are coming to the wrong conclusions.

They want to believe it's a seismic change in how campaigns work, but as this smart Reason piece explains, the reason is far more simple. Democratic voters showed consistently that they were most interested in Biden and Sanders ... and TV pundits and commentators tried to outdo themselves with sparkling commentary anyway.

The Democratic establishment has plenty of work ahead of them. But they probably won't admit it.

"As the smoke of Super Tuesday clears, Biden and Sanders are locked in a battle for delegates, and at this point it’s very unlikely either will have a majority going into the Democratic National Convention in July." [Read the full story from The Federalist.]

What the 2020 campaign news stories don't emphasize -- but readers of The Vote like you understand -- is that the numbers that matter most aren't states won but delegates won.

In the Democratic primary, each state has an allotted number of delegates. Some of those are super-delegates, who will cast their ballots at the convention at the second round (as we talked about last week). The remainder are assigned proportionately, based on that state's primary results. So even in states that Biden or Sanders won last night, other candidates did pick up delegates.

That means that the Democratic establishment's "socialism problem" (i.e. they're worried about the effect on US Senate and House races -- to say nothing about the presidential election!) hasn't, and likely won't, disappear.

The number that Biden and Sanders will try to reach is 1,991 delegates. Right now, with 1,035 delegates declared, it's a 487 (Biden), 415 (Sanders) split, plus more than 100 allocated to other Democratic candidates.

Bottom line: the race is closer than the media and the Democratic establishment would like you to believe.

You won't see the media report this: President Trump donates his $100,000 salary to fight coronavirus.

"President Donald Trump donated his entire $100,000 quarterly salary to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to combat the coronavirus." [Read the full story from the Daily Wire.]

Throughout his presidency, President Trump has donated his presidential salary to important American causes. Now he's donated his fourth quarter salary -- a whopping $100,000! -- to the efforts to fight coronavirus.

That's the kind of leadership and support that Americans expect and deserve. We all say thanks to President Trump!

And here's what else the Trump Administration is doing in response to coronavirus.

"'The administration’s response has been very solid under very difficult circumstances, including a lack of early warning of the epidemic out of China,' Peter Brookes, senior research fellow for national security and foreign policy at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal." [Read the full story from The Daily Signal.]

A few weeks ago, we shared with you an update on the Trump Administration's pre-emptive measures against coronavirus. That was before coronavirus had reached the U.S.

Now that there are more than 100 coronavirus cases in the U.S., here are eight important updates on what the Trump Administration is doing in response, including test kits, vaccine development, and how states and the federal government are working together.