Few hours, michelle is with me. Rochelle is with me. There are some states that already closed. The u. S. Is a big country. There are multiple time zones. There will be rolling coverage coming in. The polls close over five time zones. Some contests have already closed. Lets remind you of how we got to this point. There have been contests in new hampshire, maine, vat a and south carolina. These are the totals. And south carolina. These are the totals. Hampshire,ne, new nevada and south carolina. Bernie sanders has 60. Joe biden has 53. Bernie sanders will carry vermont. That is one of the polls that has closed. The people still vying for this need to get 1991 delegates to win the nomination for the democrats. We will get you the results as soon as they come in. One thing to remind you, there will be moments through the night where i will pause a little bit. That is because i am getting the results as they happen. If my producer could repeat that . Bernie sanders has to delegates two delegates in vermont. That was an easy one to call. To remind you about virginia, there are a lot of contests that are not happening tonight on the republican side. That is not an uncommon thing to happen. This happened in past democratic primaries when there wasnt a serious contender against the sitting president. It is not that unusual. We also have some totals for joe biden to update. That is not joe biden. Be a lot oft contests on the republican side. The former governor of massachusetts is not considered a serious contender to donald trump. These are the totals they have right now. We do have the numbers for virginia coming in right now. Lets take a look at what we have here. To win inis projected virginia. He has been polling well going into virginia. That is 99 delegates for joe biden. That is where things stand right now. Forll be the go to person the numbers. I will headed back to darren jordon. Our White House Correspondent is in the u. S. Capitol. Us in will be joining austin, texas. Lesko to john in virginia let us go to john in virginia. Polls have closed their. A moderatenia is southern state. It is one that joe biden really wanted to win. It has a significant africanamerican population. En has done well i will among africanamericans. It was a state that was more heavily republican than democratic. It has been moving into the democratic column. There is an urban population in the northern part of that state. By was counting on this state going his way. That would be a major victory for him. Carolina, that would be the next place he hopes to have a significant victory. The polls dont close for another 25 minutes or so. Biden is hoping to do well here. He was pulling well in the state. 25 of the public voting was africanamerican. Good news for joe biden. Those numbers arent that different from 2016. Early polls had biden ahead but you have the x factor of Mike Bloomberg. This is the first day that he has appeared on any valid. He spent 500 million on advertising. Deraild do something to biden here in North Carolina and elsewhere. It is becoming more of a fair fight. You have five candidates. If you discount tulsi gabbard, you have four candidates, all white, all over 70. Bernie sanders and Elizabeth Warren on the left and then joe biden and Michael Bloomberg in the center. It is becoming a bit more of a fair fight. After super tuesday, both joe biden and Bernie Sanders are hoping this comes down to a twoperson race. When you see what happens here in North Carolina, that may be a sign of what is to come next over the rest of those 14 super tuesday states. Tennesseelooking at and minnesota. Amy klobuchars endorsement went to joe biden. Will that bear fruit in minnesota . That is what joe biden is hoping for but it is a big gamble for him. Bernie sanders was pulling number one in that state. She was pulling second. 11. Biden was at a distant if you dont make a threshold, you dont get any delegates. The fact that she has thrown her support to him and his running ads in that state, that could mean some of the voters are moving over into the biden c olumn. Then you have a couple of other states with interesting things going on. In tennessee, that is a solidly republican state, right now they have had a series of tornadoes. Some two dozen people have been killed. As a result of that, some polls in that state are likely to stay open. As late as 11 00 p. M. Eastern time. That means it could be a while before we hear the results there. Right now, the focus is on virginia where biden feels like he has done significantly well. Then North Carolina where we have not gotten results yet. He hopes to get a good chunk of those 110 delegates. Thank you for that. Texas will close joins hours time, ellen us now. What has changed is that sudden former endorsement from beto orourke. Injoe biden had a big e event dallas on monday night. That was not a coincidence. Herourke introduced introduced amy klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg and beto orourke. It was to show that the whole Democratic Party was coalescing behind joe biden to stop Bernie Sanders. If you look at the early exit polls in texas, it would suggest that it has been successful to a degree but not completely. We Bernie Sanders topping the pole here in texas. That is a bit of a surprise if is look at the fact that he a selfconfessed democraticsocialist. This was a state that many people regarded as unwinnable for democrats. The whole demographic of this state has changed. A lot more young people have registered to vote. It is becoming much less white. It is tilting more toward the democrats. Part of the reason for that is beto orourke. Back in 2018, he ran against ted cruz for a senate seat. It came within two or three them. Of unseating run decent candidates in texas, there is a real chance we can put up real competition. They also think it is not beyond the realm of possibility given texas coulder actually flip. That would be of shattering in american politics. Suddenly you have a whole lot of Electoral College votes going behind the democratic candidate. That is all much farther down the line. Lets see what is happening tonight. We think joe biden has got within one or two points of Bernie Sanders. What we might see in the next couple of days if that is the case and there is this concerted effort to stop bernie, people going to Elizabeth Warren on the Progressive Side of the Democratic Party, she shares many of the ideas that Bernie Sanders shares. Elizabeth, youre not going to win, you will not get the nomination. Perhaps now is the time to drop out and give your support to Bernie Sanders. That is not guaranteed. She may not necessarily do that in the same way Pete Buttigieg give his endorsement to joe biden does not mean his supporters will cross over into the biden camp. Her numbers could be inflated here in texas because of that surprise moved by b Pete Buttigieg. Texas, it just happens in texas. This time, it is a lot more interesting. There are a lot more twists and turns to look for. Just briefly, you have been casting an eye on arkansas. What is driving people there . OfMike Bloomberg spent a lot time and money in those states. A lot more money than he has time. He thinks he can do quiet well. If you speak to the voters in these areas, they feel disenfranchised. That they are being forgotten. They used to be called flyover states. If youre a democrat looking for someone who does that, Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren tends to take that box much more so than establishment politicians like joe biden. He has run for president three times. Saturday tountil win a primary or a caucus. In 30 years of trying to win the presidency, he had not managed that. They might look for joe biden or Elizabeth Warren. It will be interesting as the results come out. These places are very lightly pulled. They dont have a huge number of delegates to give. The results can come as a surprise. We will come back to you throughout the month. Think you for that. Lets go to kimberly. We know that President Trump has spent the last few days saying the democrats have been trying to oust Bernie Sanders. Trumps strategy . To keep the democrats fighting amongst themselves. If they are not if they are fighting amongst themselves, they are not fighting me. The president has been doing, whether it is his election, whether it is on social media, he continues to attack all of these candidates. He uses bullying tacketts tactics, mean names, calling Mike Bloomberg many mike, he called joe biden sleepy joe biden. These are things that he says openly. The goal in all of this is if there is fighting, perhaps that fighting between the candidates will continue until the Democratic National convention, making it potentially even a contested convention. That means there would be no clear front runner and the voting would happen on the floor. Come thing we have not seen in 70 years. Donald trump does not face any real challenge from within his own party. He is already fighting with the democrats. At this point there is no clear front runner. The longer that is the case, the better for this white house and Donald Trumps effort to hang onto it. Who is the biggest challenger at this point . Beright now, there seems to a lot of coalescing around the establishment candidate, joe biden. You have to remember now, as well as we saw in 2016, the man who was packing stadiums, similar to donald trump was Bernie Sanders. The white house has said repeatedly that donald trump he would like to take on either of those candidates. We are seeing the sharpening of swords by republicans for both those individuals during the impeachment situation that was happening on capitol hill many weeks ago. The biden name came up repeatedly. Not just joe biden but hunter biden. There is some mud that has been slung there. When it comes to Bernie Sanders, just the fact that he is a selfprofessed emma craddick socialist is almost a dirty word among conservatives. They are making that argument again. The white house saying that if you value low on appointment and tough immigration and border policies, you have to stay with this administration. If you go with Bernie Sanders, you will see all of that disappear. You see the president talking about the keep america great. When he ran ran the first time, this was the message. Thank you for that. Candidates have been pitching their positions on the numbers. That is important for voters as they decide their candidates. Nearly five out of 10 democrats think that Health Care Care is extremely important. The figure is just 22 for republicans. 44 ofate change, democrats. Income inequality is considered a crucial subject by 37 of democrat voters and 12 of republicans. Race is also among the big issues with 33 of democratic voters. Less so on the republican side. Only 11 and the student debt rising in america. A 3 re democrats and put are republicans. Education is a critical concern. Is our the onset correspondent. Back to those issues. Health care, taxation. Its ettore. Bernie sanders has been health care, taxation, etc. Bernie sanders has been talking about education. Talk about the appeal of that to voters. Those are core democratic ideas. The Democratic Party has stood for those since Franklin Roosevelt put together the new deal to advance the interest of working people, women and minorities, good jobs. Bernie sanders is talking about those. There is a new spin on them and emphasizing income inequality is the verbiage. A lot of those are Health Care Care, social services. Those have remained the things that unite the Democratic Party across its various demographic constituencies for multiple generations in american politics. Continuing to emphasize those things is a sensible thing for any Democratic Party to do. Bernie sanders is the most aggressive and most of you letting on those. Proposing the most aggressive changes in public policy. Notany ways, his ideas are any different direction than the democratic candidates. Joe biden is the platform of expanding health care securing social security. Democrats have platforms that point in the direction of a more generous welfare state. The democrats have put their most cohesive elements at the center of all of the campaigns. Lets stay with one of the platforms. Race is among the big issues. Andof democratic voters less so on the republican side. Why is ray so important . S why is race so important . Nine out of every 10 black voters vote democratic. The number is practically 100 for black women in particular. Racial justice issues, criminal justice reform, the systematic problems of economic inequality that physically affect minorities in particular, these are the things that the Democratic Party cares about. It matters for their voters. Lets bring you back in here. You raised this point earlier on. Populism. We hear so much about populism affecting politics across the spectrum. How does this play out . How do we define populism . Populism emerges when there is tension between liberalism and democracy. It is very simple. Somebody wants the voice of the people against the establishment and institutions in the state. Trump was brilliant with that. Putin is brilliant with that. Even erdogan is brilliant with that. There are a lot of leaders around the world that are brilliant with that. Talking and speaking in the name of the people against the institutions of the state that accumulated over the years through democratic products processes. Atmp was brilliant delegitimizing the media, delegitimizing the judiciary and delegitimizing the Beltway Party establishment. He even goes after the fbi, the cia. He says i speak for the people. The democrats and Bernie Sanders also want to go after the establishment. Yesterday he was speaking about the establishment supported media, establishment supported elites that would not allow us to get our way. The difference between republican populism and Bernie Sanders populism is that Bernie Sanders goes after billionaires. Day in and day out. Trump goes after the establishment and the elite. The last left has this obsession with capitalists and billionaires and inequality. Isthe republican side, there always fear of too much power in the hands of government. Populism on the left and right are different in some ways. Lets get more results. As we mentioned, the first polls to close were in virginia, vermont and part of alabama. We can projected that Bernie Sanders is the winner in vermont. There are 16 delegates up for grabs there. They will be allocated proportionately. Theie sanders has been senator in vermont since 2007. Bernie sanders wins his home state as predicted. Joe biden is projected to win the state of virginia. There are 99 delegates up for grabs. We can just remind you that vice is projected biden to win virginia. Lets take the number take a look at the delegates needed to win. There is 1900 91 needed to win. So far, this is the total. Senator Bernie Sanders has 68. Joe biden has 69. Elizabeth warren is at 8. There are 14 states to cover. They are also voting in American Samoa as well. This will be updated throughout the night. Keep it here. Darrin Bernie Sanders is projected to win vermont, joe biden expected to win in virginia. A big surprise if bernie doesnt take vermont, he is the senator. He was projected to win his home state of vermont by at least 50 or 60 of the vote. We have to wait and see what is being counted. The question is who else gets delegates in vermont. Elizabeth warren was popular in vermont, coming above the 15 threshold in polls. We will have to see if she picks up delegates. Obviously, sanders is showing he is still very popular in his home state. He is doing well overall with the states that have the demographics of vermont. He is doing well in the states that have more of the white voters. In some ways, some of the latino voters as well. Biden does better in the states with the higher black vote. Such as virginia. That was also a very important state provided to win. He was projected to be strong in that state. This speaks to his strength not only among the black vote but those white moderate collegeeducated women. Up they make up about a third of the democratic electorate with the state of virginia. Clearly they cannot for biden. In virginia, race playing a very important role. Race but also the rural and urban divide in american politics as well. Virginia has gone from being a competitive republican state over the last few electoral cycles into being a competitive but lean democrat, even a baseline democrat state in part of because of the expanding suburbs around washington dc in northern virginia. The growth in richmond, that is echoed all across the country where the most populous states with larger cities lean democratic. Younger people who have gone off to the city to seek new Economic Opportunities where states in more rural areas of ally on traditional Economic Resources and industries have remained more republican. Both the racial dynamic and the rural urban dynamic. That is something, white women in the suburbs, particularly collegeeducated are turning toward the Democratic Party against donald trump. That held up through the 2018 midterms. You can see it in texas where republicans were defeated in suburban dallas, suburban houston, republicans in districts that will be newly competitive in 2020. They have retired. Areas of put things, the country that were solidly republican into much more competitive territory. State ofhink a whole texas will become democratic but there are pockets of the country. Virginia is key among them. That is where these shifts in american politics are going to have this map be much different than the map into thousand eight 2008 or 2012. You lived in d. C. For a long time. Since i was a Freshman Student of american politics, there are two things that always surprised me. Progress. A work in it has always been a work in progress for centuries. It keeps changing. We talk about democrats and republicans. The Southern States were traditionally democrats. The whites used to be democrats. Andl the 60s, the 50s 60s, they used to be democrats. Now white in the Southern States, things have changed. In texas, texas is america is complicated. Texas is very popular. Go ahead. Finish your point. Texas for example is has a republican cover and about the four main cities are democrats. But to the four main cities are democrats. The biggest divide in texas and california are both in texas, the race is the race down. In california, the race is the race up. There are republican senators that what is interesting about that is because the Democratic Party a more diverse party, you find that in the cities more than the countryside. The countryside, the borough areas remain conservative, protestant, a lot of them white. To come located even further. Between the rural and the cosmopolitan, there are belts of , newly married kids that have two things in their neighborhoods, a supermarket and a church. The way the community is set up is that they tend to be more Republican Voters in so many of the cities. If you look down to manhattan, brooklyn, new york, queens, you find more democrats. In d. C. , you will find more democrats. It is a work in progress. It is complicated. The statistics are even more complicated. We could simplify it into the issues that we talked about earlier. Race, equality and religion. We will talk about that after the break. Lots more to come here on super tuesday. We will bring you uptodate with our special man i remember years back talking to my dad and saying, at some point in my career, id love to do a deli. And i remember him looking at me in a surprised way like, really . Why . Youve spent all this s time in fine dining and trtraveled the world d and traid yourself. Why the. Do you want to do o a deli . 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