The race for the Democratic nomination is effectively down to a tight two-way ra...
WASHINGTON - The race for the Democratic nomination is effectively down to a tight two-way race after almost a third of U.S. states cast ballots on Super Tuesday, with front-runners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders drawing support from sharply divergent groups.
Latinos, millennials and white men largely backed Sanders, helping him to likely wins in the western states of Colorado and delegate-rich California. The results reflected how Biden, who recovered from poor showings in the first two nominating contests, was benefiting from his dominant win in Saturday’s South Carolina primary and endorsements he picked up from Senator Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg, a former South Bend, Indiana, mayor, two fellow moderates who dropped out of the race in recent days.
In the case of Klobuchar’s home state of Minnesota, a little more than half of voters said they made up their minds in the “last few days,” and about 49% of them went for Biden, while 21%supported Sanders. ** Voters in five of the bigger states holding primaries on Tuesday said the coronavirus outbreak was a factor in their decision. The political and economic crisis over the outbreak, which has infected some 90,000 people worldwide and killed more than 3,000, is escalating.** In California, Biden won the largest share of African Americans at 38%, while Sanders won 55% of Latinos.Slideshow
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