Joe Biden won 10 of the 14 Super Tuesday states, now leading the total Democratic delegates ahead of Bernie Sanders.
With only seven months to go before the general election, it’s peak presidential primary season. Last Tuesday, residents of 14 states — including Oklahoma — and one U.S. territory went to the polls to vote for their preferred candidate. Aptly named “Super Tuesday,” more states hold primaries on this single day than any other in the quadrennial presidential cycle.
Here are the results, as reported by the Associated Press:
Alabama
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Arkansas
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
California
Democratic Primary Winner — Bernie Sanders
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Colorado
Democratic Primary Winner — Bernie Sanders
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Maine
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Massachusetts
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Minnesota
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
North Carolina
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Oklahoma
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Tennessee
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Texas
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Utah
Democratic Primary Winner — Bernie Sanders
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Vermont
Democratic Primary Winner — Bernie Sanders
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Virginia
Democratic Primary Winner — Joe Biden
Republican Primary Winner — Donald Trump
Although Biden won most votes in every county in Oklahoma, he did not receive all of Oklahoma’s 37 delegates. This is because unlike in the general election, delegates are awarded proportionally to the amount of votes they win. Winning 38.7 percent of the Oklahoma vote (117,552 votes), Joseph Biden gained 20 delegates. Bernie Sanders won 25.4 percent of the vote (77,302 votes), with 13 delegates pledging themselves to him. The only other Democrat candidate to receive a (singular) delegate from Oklahoma, Michael Bloomberg, won 13.9 percent of the vote (42,243 votes), narrowly beating out Elizabeth Warren, who only won 13.4 percent of the vote (40,676 votes).
Interestingly, approximately 26,076 Oklahomans voted for Democratic candidates who had already dropped out previously to Super Tuesday. While some of these votes might have been from early voters, particularly in the case of Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg who both dropped out after early voting ended in the state, many of the candidates have been out of the race for months.
Zooming out of Oklahoma, March 3 marked one of the U.S.’s fifth presidential primary. As the point of U.S. primaries is to award delegates to candidates, a simple majority is necessary to secure them their party’s nomination, let’s break down how each candidate is faring now:
Democratic Primary (1,991 delegates needed to win nomination):
Biden — 624
Sanders — 556
Warren [DROPPED OUT] — 57
Bloomberg [DROPPED OUT] — 37
Buttigieg [DROPPED OUT] — 26
Klobuchar [DROPPED OUT] — 7
Gabbard — 2
Republican Primary (1,276 delegates needed to win nomination):
Trump — 833
Weld — 1
Of those Democratic candidates that have dropped out, all have endorsed Biden besides Warren, who has yet to endorse anyone.
The next batch of primaries will be held this Tuesday, March 10, featuring Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington.
