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I don't think Warren's endorsement would constitute that large a swing. It could help Biden or Sanders on the margins, but I don't think it would either lock up the nomination for Biden (assuming it already isn't) or help push Sanders back into either front-runner status or to the victory. The biggest benefit for Sanders from Warren's dropping out is fewer votes split between them--assuming any great number of potential Sanders voters were even voting for her. That isn't clear--the divisions among voters aren't simply "liberals vs. moderates." Sanders was appealing, among white voters (which is where Warren was strongest), to voters without a college degree. Warren to voters with a college degree. It's not all a given that those white voters with a degree will now jump to Sanders--many of them may be moderates who switch to Biden.
I can anecdotally confirm this - I am a white voter with a college degree or three. Between Biden, Bernie, and Warren, I'm a Warren voter. Between Biden and Bernie, I'm a Biden voter.
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