Exit Polls Out of Mississippi Are Bad News for Bernie's Campaign

Cortney O'Brien | March 10, 2020 8:50 PM

Former Vice President Joe Biden quickly won the Mississippi primary on Tuesday.

BREAKING: Joe Biden wins Mississippi Democratic Primary, NBC News projects. https://t.co/prYhEzSChH pic.twitter.com/Lq6PSc5c4s
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 11, 2020

And with exit polls like these, it's no wonder why.

Exit poll from Mississippi has Biden winning 84% of the black vote, Sanders winning 13%.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 11, 2020

Sanders was defeated in similar fashion in Mississippi by Hillary Clinton in 2016. But he can't afford to lose Michigan. And we may not know what happens there until Wednesday afternoon.

More than one pundit noted that if Bernie can't compete for black voters, it's game over.

When you're losing the African-American vote by 71% in any state, you're...not competitive in a Democratic primary.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 11, 2020