Biden wins in Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri

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Joe Biden picked up wins in Tuesday’s contests in Mississippi and Missouri and Michigan, the state with the night’s largest delegate prize, CBS projects. Idaho and Washington are toss-ups, CBS News estimates. North Dakota also went to the polls on Tuesday. 

Losing Michigan, with 125 delegates, came as a blow to Bernie Sanders, who won the state in an upset in 2016. According to exit polls, Biden also won white voters without a college degree — 51% to 45%. This is a group Sanders won in 2016, when he upset Hillary Clinton in the Michigan primary. 

Biden also prevailed among union households, winning 54%, compared with Sanders’ 42%. And it’s also Biden who voters think has the best chance of beating President Trump in November — 55% to Sanders’ 32%. Defeating Mr. Trump is consistently a top priority for Democratic primary voters. 

As Americans remain jittery about the coronavirus outbreak, early exit polls also showed that voters in Michigan and Missouri choose Biden as the candidate they trust the most to handle a major crisis. In Missouri, voters trust Biden (61%) over Sanders (27%) to handle a major crisis.  In Michigan, voters trust Biden (51%) over Sanders (32%) to handle a major crisis.

While Biden’s delegate lead isn’t insurmountable, at this point, Biden now would have to win 50% of the delegates that are yet to be allocated to win a majority outright. Sanders would need to win 56%, Kabir Khanna, of CBS News’ Election and Survey unit, notes.

Earlier Tuesday, Biden had a tense exchange in Michigan with a construction worker who accused him of trying to take Americans’ guns away, telling the man  “You’re full of sh**.” 

Biden’s early victories Tuesday night followed a strong Super Tuesday, where he won 10 out of 14 contests, and his convincing win in South Carolina on February 29. 

A full list of poll closing times is here.

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