Primaries During A Pandemic: Tonight’s Election Results From AZ, FL, IL

March 17, 2020
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March 17, 2020

Follow our live coverage of tonight’s election below:

  • While the Ohio Supreme Court decided to postpone primaries after the state declared a public health crisis, the remaining three states -- Arizona, Florida and Illinois -- still plan to hold their elections today.
  • Many state officials, and even President Trump, expressed concern about holding the election during a global pandemic when most Americans are being encouraged to stay indoors. But the show will go on in the three key states, despite concerns over voter turnout suppression due to the virus.
  • This will be the second round of primaries with just two main frontrunners battling it out for the Democratic nomination: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former Vice President Joe Biden. While Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is technically still running for president, she has only received seven of the 1,737 delegates awarded thus far.
  • Here's a breakdown of delegates as of March 11.

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  1. I was hoping today would be the day that Biden would clinch the nomination, but the ambiguity around the virus situation may unfortunately give Sanders an excuse for staying in.

    In any event, I hope that Biden will announce his VP pick soon, so that, if anything happens to Joe, she will be the heir apparent and not Bernie. I hate that I have to think this way, but that’s the world we’re living in now.

  2. I have Biden winning all 3 races tonight:

    FL: 72-19
    IL: 57-36
    AZ: 55-38

  3. I think this is another inflection point that puts more pressure on an already wobbly Trump. Moscow has been quiet b/c Covid-19 has quietly torn up the streets of Moscow. Vlad has to put the whole city on lockdown. Bernie has no juice left. GOP knows they’re facing a very strong candidate in Biden. It will change how they operate and how they react under pressure.

  4. The virus should be a excuse for sanders to concede, he already lost the election, now he is just endangering peoples lives.

  5. Vladi is also in the target demographic of the virus… Too much to hope for?

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