North Carolina was another state where late deciders broke heavily for Biden. According to preliminary exit polls, 59 percent of North Carolinians who chose whom to vote for in the past few days chose Biden, while 21 percent chose Sanders. However, Biden still did plenty well among voters who decided earlier.
Biden surged with late deciders
Candidates’ vote share by when they decided, in preliminary exit polls in Vermont, Virginia and North Carolina
| Vermont | Virginia | North Carolina | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last few days (36%) | Earlier (63%) | Last few days (48%) | Earlier (52%) | Last few days (31%) | Earlier (68%) | |
| Biden | 31% | 9% | 52% | 45% | 59% | 40% |
| Sanders | 37 | 69 | 20 | 30 | 21 | 25 |
| Warren | 16 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Bloomberg | 13 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| Buttigieg | 0 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Klobuchar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Gabbard | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steyer | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |