Campaign 2020 March 17, 2020

Joe Biden Easily Wins Florida & Illinois

TALLAHASSEE, FL - MARCH 17: A voter arrives at Leon County, Florida precinct 5105 during the Florida primary on March 17, 2020 in Tallahassee, United States. People are heading to the polls to vote for their Republican and Democratic choice in their parties’ respective primaries during the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

Three states held primaries today and all carry a large delegate count, a total of 441 delegates in all. Florida is the biggest prize of the night with 219 delegates and Joe Biden easily won the state, topping Bernie Sanders by more than half a million votes.

Biden is on a path to net ~100 delegates out of Florida as we reach 20% of the vote counted. Bernie is not going to be able to turn this campaign around, folks.
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) March 17, 2020

Illinois had 155 delegates up for grabs and Biden was able to win the state with double digits.

BREAKING: Joe Biden is projected to win the Illinois primary, according to the AP. https://t.co/Hb9z7AU9BG pic.twitter.com/R3xQ4bxkCA
— NPR (@NPR) March 18, 2020

Arizona is the only contest still pending tonight. It has 67 delegates.

Early @NBCNews Exit Polls, Whom voters trust to handle a huge crisis:

Florida
Biden 71%
Sanders 23%

illinois
Biden 64%
Sanders 31%

Arizona
Biden 63%
Sanders 31%
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) March 17, 2020

Ohio voters were supposed to head to the polls today, but the Governor postponed the primary there until June.