By ROBERT YOON and MAYA SWEEDLER (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press was capable of declare President Joe Biden the winner of a close to clear sweep of Democratic Super Tuesday contents primarily based largely on preliminary vote outcomes that confirmed him successful about 9 out of each 10 votes in nearly each contest. The lone exception: American Samoa, the place the native Democratic Party introduced it had awarded half of its delegates to a little-known candidate.
Biden has now gained 19 out of 20 contests and has greater than quadrupled his whole variety of delegates. He is on monitor to win sufficient delegates to clinch the nomination by March 19.
Here’s how Super Tuesday performed out:
IOWA: Called for Biden, 5:50 p.m. EST
Biden’s first win of the evening was in Iowa’s first vote-by-mail Democratic presidential choice contest. The AP referred to as the race for the president primarily based on near-complete vote outcomes offered by the Iowa Democratic Party exhibiting him main the sphere by greater than a nine-to-one margin. Ballots postmarked by Tuesday shall be accepted and counted till the vote is licensed on March 16, however there won’t be sufficient excellent votes to sway the end result. Iowa traditionally has kicked off the race for the White House for each events, beginning in 1972 for Democrats and 1976 for Republicans. But Iowa Democrats had been ousted from their first-in-the-nation perch this in favor of South Carolina, which held the social gathering’s first licensed 2024 presidential nominating contest on Feb. 3.
VIRGINIA: Called for Biden, 7:09 p.m. EST
Biden’s second Super Tuesday win was in Virginia, the place the primary vote outcomes of the evening confirmed Biden successful nearly all the vote. Although lower than 1% of the vote had been tabulated within the commonwealth, Biden had obtained greater than 9 out of 10 votes solid. The preliminary outcomes confirmed him successful nearly all of the vote within the Richmond space, one of many largest Democratic strongholds within the state. He led by such a large margin in locations the place the vote had been reported that the AP’s evaluation of Virginia’s voting historical past and the political leanings in varied areas confirmed there was no situation that may enable a trailing candidate to take the lead.
VERMONT: Called for Biden, 7:20 p.m. EST
Biden was main statewide in Vermont with about 9 out of each 10 votes when AP declared him the winner. An estimated 2% of the vote had been tabulated by that time, and preliminary vote outcomes confirmed Biden with commanding leads throughout the state’s political spectrum — from the state’s Democratic-leaning areas to Republican-leaning territory and the average swing areas in between. He additionally had a large lead within the state’s closely Republican areas.
NORTH CAROLINA: Called for Biden, 7:39 p.m. EST
The AP declared Biden the winner lower than 10 minutes after polls closed with a cross-section of vote outcomes reported from a few quarter of the state’s 100 counties. He was the one named candidate listed on the poll, and preliminary vote outcomes confirmed him simply main “No preference,” the one different possibility. Biden was successful about 9 out of each 10 votes each statewide and in each main geographic area all through the state.
TENNESSEE: Called for Biden, 8:09 p.m. EST
Biden had obtained nearly all the vote solid on the time the AP declared him the winner. Only about 1% of the anticipated whole vote had been counted at that time from a part of seven of the state’s 95 counties, however an AP evaluation of the state’s voting historical past discovered that Biden’s sizable lead within the areas that had reported votes was extremely prone to maintain. The evaluation additionally confirmed that even when later updates confirmed large vote swings in one other candidate’s favor it could not be anyplace close to sufficient to oust Biden from first place.
OKLAHOMA: Called for Biden, 8:16 p.m. EST
Biden additionally had an amazing lead in Oklahoma when the AP declared him the winner. A estimated 6% of the vote from elements of 65 of the state’s 77 counties confirmed Biden successful eight out of each 10 votes statewide. He additionally had prohibitive leads in each main geographic area within the state.
MASSACHUSETTS: Called for Biden, 8:27 p.m. EST
At the time the race was referred to as, Biden had about 10 occasions the vote obtained by his nearest competitor within the statewide vote — “No preference.” Initial vote outcomes from the Boston space — a decisive area in Democratic primaries — confirmed Biden successful there by about the identical margin. He additionally led by comparable margins in all of the geographic areas of the state that had reported by then.
MAINE: Called for Biden, 8:29 p.m. EST
Biden had gained nearly all the vote in preliminary outcomes reported on the time AP declared him the winner in Maine. An estimated 2% of the vote had been counted on the time from a handful of voting jurisdictions from each of the state’s congressional districts. The AP analyzed the place the votes had been reported on the time the winner was declared and in contrast them to locations the place votes had not but been reported. The AP concluded that even when the trailing candidates had vastly improved their vote efficiency in areas the place the vote had but to be counted, they nonetheless wouldn’t be capable of overtake Biden for the lead.
ARKANSAS: Called for Biden, 8:43 p.m. EST
Biden’s lead in preliminary returns in Arkansas had been massive sufficient that, primarily based on an evaluation of the state’s voting historical past and the political leanings of various areas, there was no situation that may enable a trailing candidate to take the lead. Biden was successful practically each vote in Pulaski County, dwelling to Little Rock and an estimated quarter of the state’s Democratic main voters.
ALABAMA: Called for Biden, 8:45 p.m. EST
Initial vote outcomes on the time AP referred to as Alabama for Biden confirmed him successful 9 out of each 10 votes statewide. Biden was successful practically all of the votes reported on the time of the decision, and led in each area of the state. He was doing greatest within the Birmingham space and within the southern a part of the state.
TEXAS: Called for Biden, 9 p.m. EST
By the time the AP referred to as Texas for Biden, polls in nearly all the state had been closed for an hour, and an estimated 43% of the vote had been counted from 102 of the state’s 254 counties by the point the final polls closed at 9 p.m. EST. Those outcomes confirmed Biden had constructed an insurmountable statewide lead, successful nearly 9 out of each 10 votes solid statewide and successful by equally huge margins in nearly each main area within the state.
COLORADO: Called for Biden, 9:04 p.m. EST
Biden was main comfortably in each area of Colorado when the AP declared him the winner simply 4 minutes after polls closed. By that point, an estimated 37% of the statewide vote had been counted from eight of the state’s 64 counties. In the Boulder space, which is dwelling to an estimated fifth of the state’s Democratic main voters, Biden had greater than 10 occasions as many votes because the next-closest competitor, the “noncommitted delegate” possibility.
AMERICAN SAMOA: Called for Jason Palmer, 9:05 p.m. EST
The Democratic Party of American Samoa launched outcomes of its presidential caucus at 9:05 p.m. EST exhibiting that Jason Palmer gained the occasion with 51 votes, in comparison with 40 votes for Biden. A complete of 91 votes had been solid. At 12:25 a.m. EST, the social gathering mentioned that Palmer and Biden would obtain three delegates every.
MINNESOTA: Called for Biden, 9:24 p.m. EST
Biden was declared the winner in Minnesota on the premise of preliminary vote outcomes from elements of 13 counties from throughout many of the state. Biden was successful eight out of each 10 votes statewide on the time. The AP analyzed the state’s vote historical past and decided that Biden’s sizable lead was extremely prone to stand by means of the remainder of the vote depend. Biden had his largest lead in northern Minnesota when the race was referred to as. He was considerably forward of Dean Phillips, who has represented Minnesota’s third Congressional District since 2019, in each county that reported outcomes.
UTAH: Called for Biden, 10:05 p.m. EST
The AP primarily based its name for Biden in Utah on preliminary returns that confirmed the president with an amazing statewide lead. An estimated 39% of the vote had been counted by that point from three of the Utah’s 29 counties, together with a large replace from Salt Lake County, by far the state’s most populous and residential to about 60% of the anticipated Democratic voters. Biden was successful about 9 out of each 10 votes statewide and was successful by about the identical margin in areas all through the state.
CALIFORNIA: Called for Biden, 11:12 p.m. EST
Biden was declared the winner in California primarily based on early vote outcomes from key areas all through the state. At the time the race was referred to as, an estimated 6% of the vote had been tabulated from elements of eight of the state’s 58 counties. Biden was successful greater than 9 out of 10 statewide votes and had comparable leads in many of the state’s key geographic areas.
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