Former Vice President Joe Biden won the state of Missouri Democratic primary on Tuesday, shortly after handily winning Mississippi.
BREAKING: Former Vice President Joe Biden will win the Missouri Democratic primary, CNN projects #CNNelectionhttps://t.co/gMWpmp7RUm pic.twitter.com/foIquZnjbc
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) March 11, 2020
Thank you, Missouri! https://t.co/U30Dm3y2MK
— Joe Biden (Text Join to 30330) (@JoeBiden) March 11, 2020
The breakdown of voters played out much like in other states, with older voters turning out for Biden and younger voters casting their vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders, but not in great numbers.
Per CNN exit polls:
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) March 11, 2020
In Missouri’s 2016 primary, Sanders beat Clinton among college-grad whites by 14 points.
In 2020, Sanders lost college-grad whites by 19 points. pic.twitter.com/TrwWtmSoi8
This is from @washingtonpost. #ExitPolls from #MissouriPrimary. Biden projected to win the state, but look at the generational split. pic.twitter.com/vqmUJ1awt2
— Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) March 11, 2020
In Mississippi, older African-American voters almost all went to Biden.
Black voters over 60 years old in Mississippi are virtually unanimous via @CNN exit polls:
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 11, 2020
Biden 96% (!)
Sanders 3%
Others 1%
Biden is in the lead with delegates at 632 and Sanders is at 536. While not far behind, Biden is having a good night in terms of staying in the lead. The Democratic nominee needs to win 1,1991 delegates. Sanders won Michigan in an upset in 2016, but is so far not getting the same numbers this year.
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