What Went Down On Super Tuesday
In Massachusetts, about 29 percent of the expected statewide vote is in, and while Biden, Sanders and Warren will get most of its 91 delegates, Bloomberg is above or bordering on the 15 percent threshold in a few areas and may pick up a few district-level delegates.
Where things stand in the race for Massachusetts delegates
Vote share by candidate for each delegate pool in Virginia, with 27 percent of the expected statewide vote reporting
| DELEGATE POOL | AVAILABLE | Biden | Sanders | Warren | Bloomberg | Gabbard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st District | 7 | 35.2 | 30.5 | 17.8 | 10.7 | 0.8 |
| 2nd District | 7 | 34.4 | 28.9 | 18.7 | 10.6 | 0.8 |
| 3rd District | 7 | 34.0 | 27.0 | 18.3 | 12.3 | 1.1 |
| 4th District | 7 | 36.7 | 17.7 | 24.0 | 15.7 | 0.5 |
| 5th District | 9 | 29.5 | 15.4 | 19.4 | 11.9 | 0.5 |
| 6th District | 7 | 35.0 | 22.2 | 19.5 | 14.1 | 0.9 |
| 7th District | 9 | 15.9 | 36.2 | 40.6 | 4.0 | 0.4 |
| 8th District | 8 | 35.7 | 24.9 | 17.3 | 13.1 | 1.0 |
| 9th District | 6 | 39.3 | 22.0 | 15.7 | 14.7 | 0.8 |
| At-large | 22 | 33.2 | 25.0 | 21.6 | 11.9 | 0.7 |
| PLEO | 13 | 33.2 | 25.0 | 21.6 | 11.9 | 0.7 |
Despite the fact that California has 5 million voters who aren’t affiliated with either party, the state has a relatively small proportion of independents in this year’s Democratic primary electorates, according to the preliminary exit polls. That’s likely because independent voters had to take an extra step to vote in the Democratic presidential primary — which not very many of them seemed to do. Lower turnout among independents is not great news for Sanders, who performed particularly well among this group in 2016 and was polling well among California independents recently.
Maine is another state that is looking closer than anticipated; with 27 percent of the vote counted, Sanders has 34.1 percent and Biden has 33.6 percent. (Warren is at 16 percent — just barely enough to qualify for delegates if it holds — and Bloomberg is at 12 percent.) However, The New York Times needle still says the state is “tilting Biden.”