What Went Down In The Arizona, Florida And Illinois Primaries

The first votes in from Chicago’s Cook County show a much closer result there, with Biden leading 49.2-46.5.

Yeah, tonight makes it seem fairly clear that this primary isn’t as competitive as the 2016 Democratic contest. Sanders was able to fight on in 2016 in part because he got some unexpected wins, like in Michigan, and kept it close in mid-March contests like Missouri and Illinois. Then he won Wisconsin in early April and could keep going. I think he might well be able to compete in Alaska, Hawaii and Wyoming on April 4 — he did win the party-run event in North Dakota, after all — but is that worth sticking around if he’s going to get beaten badly in the bigger primary contests? I don’t think he’s winning Wisconsin this time around.

So does that mean the only incentive for Sanders to drop out now is if he does so poorly that Biden can basically start to ignore him?