Former Vice President Joe Biden is off to a strong Super Tuesday start, after he was declared the winner of the Virginia and North Carolina primaries by networks immediately as polls closed in both states.
Exit polls suggested Biden was bolstered by heavy support from African American voters, a development that had previously boosted him in South Carolina and portends well for his chances in other southern states holding primaries Tuesday.
Polls showed a tight race between Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as recently as last week.
But Biden’s big victory in South Carolina gave him a burst of momentum that could help blunt the advantage that Sanders will likely have when polls close in California later tonight.
Biden was boosted by a string of endorsements from high-profile Virginians, including Sen. Tim Kaine, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, and Reps. Bobby Scott, Jennifer Wexton and Don Beyer.
And he’s benefiting from strong support among African Americans, taking about 66 percent support among black voters in Virginia.
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NEW: Black voters propel Biden to big wins in Virginia and North Carolina https://t.co/g0uoN45kRZ pic.twitter.com/krQTtp3bXV
— The Hill (@thehill) March 4, 2020
#BREAKING: Biden wins Alabama primary https://t.co/RSipdjZXtF pic.twitter.com/9mg1JR04Vg
— The Hill (@thehill) March 4, 2020
Apparently Joementum is real.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 4, 2020
Hard to attack Biden as a tool of the corporate establishment with numbers like this. https://t.co/rlEQaHOkIq
— David French (@DavidAFrench) March 4, 2020
Joe Biden has won the Arkansas primary, continuing his dominance in the South https://t.co/w78xvbz4jh pic.twitter.com/H9CrnUA6ZF
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
Bernie Sanders has won the Colorado primary, grabbing a win out west https://t.co/5IcZ6GU2ya pic.twitter.com/RZJb5ygGtl
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
Joe Biden has won his fifth Super Tuesday state, taking first place in Tennessee https://t.co/iQtXwkXi03 pic.twitter.com/vsKVhFHycC
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
Joe Biden takes the Oklahoma primary, his fourth state win of Super Tuesday https://t.co/QJv9L8aZx0 pic.twitter.com/My3XlGVZxl
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
Joe Biden won the Minnesota primary a day after home state Sen. Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the 2020 race and endorsed Biden https://t.co/9xhcccggSp pic.twitter.com/c6Qx9miH1J
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
BLOOMBERG TAKES SOMOA! BLOOMBERG TAKES SOMOA!
Do you believe in unlikelihoods!?— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) March 4, 2020
Not a surprise https://t.co/hZcrsvwwAg
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 4, 2020
Bernie Sanders has taken the Utah primary, his third state win on Super Tuesday https://t.co/XJfGQa7E1X pic.twitter.com/7pXPtAWsq9
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 4, 2020
Maybe the Republic https://t.co/5KoyKoMxuf
— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) March 4, 2020
Joe Biden has notched a victory in Elizabeth Warren’s home state, winning the Massachusetts primary https://t.co/DNdI1DteFt pic.twitter.com/vKalzqf9fH
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
Bernie Sanders has won the California primary, finishing first in the biggest delegate prize in the Democratic presidential contest https://t.co/IMHkbpJA7y pic.twitter.com/SP4EDq2Bqi
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
Joe Biden is mopping the floor in states that he never visited, where he opened zero field offices, and where he spent next to nothing on TV.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 4, 2020
Joe Biden has won the Texas primary, finishing first in the race for the second-biggest Super Tuesday delegate prize and completing his sweep of the South https://t.co/wv8wjmbWSF pic.twitter.com/3WvDs3HXcg
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
it takes 1,991 delegates to win the Democratic nomination. Here's where the candidates stand right now 👉 https://t.co/jKX2g1aWFK pic.twitter.com/t1P81RH8BL
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
BREAKING: Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign today, endorsing Joe Biden after pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into his own failed White House bidhttps://t.co/NGXwbxGW9q pic.twitter.com/mAQhutJuMk
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020
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