{"id":39174,"date":"2020-03-11T11:01:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39174"},"modified":"2020-03-11T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:01:03","slug":"primary-update-3-11-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/11\/primary-update-3-11-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Update–3\/11\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, there were Democratic primaries in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, and Washington.  It was a very good night for Joe Biden, and sadly, a very bad night for Bernie Sanders.  Unless he can turn it around quickly and dramatically, a VERY tall order, it\u2019s over.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0311Delegates\"<\/p>\n

Joe Biden is marching to the Democratic presidential nomination.<\/p>\n

The former vice president handily defeated Bernie Sanders on Tuesday in Michigan’s primary — halting the Vermont senator’s hopes of a comeback in the state where he’d stunned Hillary Clinton four years ago.<\/p>\n

Biden also notched massive wins in Idaho, Mississippi and Missouri. Sanders won in North Dakota. Washington hadn’t been called yet, but as of Wednesday morning, Biden was in a tight race there with Sanders, another state Sanders needed to win.<\/p>\n

Tuesday marked a clear turning point in the Democratic race. Biden is building a powerful coalition of African Americans, suburbanites and rural white voters who previously backed Sanders, while Sanders is failing to produce the electorate-changing turnout of young voters that he’s promised<\/strong>. Democratic figures, from one-time 2020 candidate Andrew Yang to the party’s biggest super PAC, Priorities USA, lined up behind Biden after his Michigan win.<\/p>\n

Biden and Sanders are scheduled to debate Sunday night in Arizona. But Sanders is entering a brutal stretch, with primaries next week in Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio — all states he lost in 2016<\/strong>. There’s also the reality that coronavirus could crowd Sanders out of national headlines and make it impossible for him to leverage something that separates him from Biden: his ability to turn out massive crowds at rallies. It all makes a comeback even more difficult\u2026  [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from CNN<\/a>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Here is the delegate count, as of early this morning.<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Democratic Pledged Delegate
\nCount<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n\n

Sanders<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Biden<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Iowa<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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12<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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6<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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New Hampshire<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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9<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nevada<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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24<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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9<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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South Carolina<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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15<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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39<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Alabama<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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8<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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44<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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American Samoa<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Arkansas<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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9<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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17<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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California<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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186<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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150<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Colorado<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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20<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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12<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Maine<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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9<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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11<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Massachusetts<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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29<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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37<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Minnesota<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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27<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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North Carolina<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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37<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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67<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Oklahoma<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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13<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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21<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Tennessee<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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19<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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33<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Texas<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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111<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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102<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Vermont<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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11<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Virginia<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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31<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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66<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Utah<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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13<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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a<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Democrats Abroad<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Idaho<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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11<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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9<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Michigan<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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51<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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71<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Mississippi<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

29<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Missouri<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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23<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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40<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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North Dakota<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Washington<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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17<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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17<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Totals<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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692<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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826<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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How Joe Biden’s wins differ from Hillary Clinton’s in 2016<\/a><\/p>\n