Tennessee Democrats Weathered The Storms To Vote For Joe Biden

Super Tuesday has come and gone, and Tennessee's Democratic voters selected former Vice President Joe Biden as their primary election winner on March 3, with 39.3 of the vote and 74 of precincts reporting, per the New York Times. He was followed by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who won 24.6 of the vote; former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, with 17 percent of the vote; and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, with 9.2 percent of the vote. President Donald Trump won the Republican primary, as projected.

The polls were kept open longer than typical, according to the Tennessean, after a tornado ripped through Nashville, killing at least 22 people, injuring several more, and demolishing 50,000 homes. Dozens of people are still unaccounted for. Polls were initially recommended to close at 7 p.M., The Tennessean announced, and alternatively stayed open up until at least 8 p.M.; Five polling places remained open up until 10 p.M. (Click here for more statistics, along with and how to help.)

There were 64 pledged delegates up for grabs, and 73 delegates total. For now, 7 of those are right now pledged to Biden. According to the Washington Post, 64 percent of voters aged 17-29 turned out for Sanders, nevertheless that categorize only accounted for 10 percent of voters total. Biden performed well with voters aged 45 and older, and took most of them share of support from both Black and white voters.