Super Tuesday lived up to the hype with former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders exchange punches all night.
But early Wednesday morning, it was clear that Biden was the new leader and some of the other candidates, such as former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator Elizabeth Warren, face a difficult road to catch up with. ahead of the peloton. .
Texas was the last state to be called on Wednesday morning and gave Biden its biggest win in a night of victories.
Which states won everyone?
Here are the states won by each candidate during Super Tuesday. Maine was still counted at 4:00 a.m. EST.
- Joe Biden: Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Minnesota, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas
- Bernie Sanders: California, Vermont, Colorado, Utah
- Mike Bloomberg: American Somoa
How many delegates does each candidate have?
The number of delegates will likely continue to change as Super Tuesday results continue to roll. But the Associated Press tracker shows Biden as the leader after last night’s results.
- Biden 453
- Sanders 382
- Warren 50
- Bloomberg 44
- Gabbard 1
Black voters pushed Biden to victory
Black voters, who drove Biden to victory in South Carolina, were also the key voting block behind Biden’s victories in several states like North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama.
According to exit polls, 63% of black Virginia voters supported Biden compared to 18% who supported Sanders. North Carolina had similar numbers, with 63% of black voters supporting Biden and only 16% supporting Sanders. In Alabama, 72% of black voters supported Biden compared to 12% for Sanders.
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What happened to Elizabeth Warren?
It was a disastrous Super Tuesday for Warren, highlighted by an embarrassing loss in her home state of Massachusetts, where she finished third away.
Warren, a US senator from Massachusetts, almost disappeared one night when the Democratic presidential primary was transformed into a face to face race between Biden and Sanders.
Not only did she win zero states, but she did not finish second in a primary. Her arrival in Massachusetts was in fact her best performance and the only state where she won more than 20% of the vote.
Warren, who led the national polls in the fall, appeared to end up above the 15% viability threshold in just a few states, which means that she will leave Super Tuesday with far fewer delegates than the first two .
Biden has been declared the Massachusetts winner by the Associated Press. With almost half of the constituencies declared, Biden obtained 34% of the votes, followed by Sanders with 26% and Warren with 21%.
Contributors: Joey Garrison, Rebecca Morin, Jeanine Santucci