If someone made that claim to me, I'd look puzzled. Then I'd ask how many people live in Wasilla. Isn't it only a few thousand? Then I'd go to Wikipedia. Huh, looks like she got 909 votes in 1999. The City of Wasilla official site confirms that, although you have to download a PDF.
Well, OK. But Biden dropped out after Iowa! Surely he couldn't have gotten that many votes if he only got 1% in a caucus, right?
I dunno, let's look at the CNN results. And... wait, he got 2,328 state delegates? Isn't that more than 909?
Well, those are caucuses. Those don't count. Biden didn't get any real votes, right? Cause he dropped out?
In New Hampshire, Biden picked up another 638 votes, and in South Carolina, he got 693 votes. That's more than 909.
Maybe Sarah Palin got a lot of votes the first time she ran for Mayor. Let's say she got, oh, all 5,000 votes in Wasilla. And let's add all her votes together, from both elections. Let's give her a round 6,000 votes for Mayor. That'll put her over Biden, no doubt.
In Florida, Biden picked up 15,704 votes. Without even campaigning there. After he dropped out.
It goes on and on. Florida was his high point, but he did well in New York and of course Delaware. So I think the truth isn't so much that Palin got more votes for Mayor than Biden got for President. It's more like...
Biden got more votes for President than Palin did for Mayor -- after he officially withdrew from the race.
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