Strong Turnout for Biden, Sanders on Super Tuesday

By Staff, Agencies

US Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden performed strongly on Super Tuesday, clinching key states among the fourteen holding contests with the latter having a slight edge.

As of Tuesday, around 11:45 p.m. EST, with only Texas and Maine results pending, Biden was projected to win the Democratic primary contests in Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Minnesota, and Massachusetts.

Sanders is poised to win in his home state of Vermont as well as California, Colorado, and Utah.

California is the biggest prize among the fourteen primary contests held on Tuesday with 415 delegates up for grabs. But the margin of Sanders' win is the crucial piece of information to truly determine who scored the most points on Super Tuesday in terms of delegate count.

With nearly 20 percent of precincts reporting, Sanders was leading the California primary with 27.3 percent of the vote followed by former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg with 19 percent and Joe Biden with 17 percent.