- Joe Biden was projected to win the Alabama Democratic presidential primary shortly after polls closed at 7 PM Central time (8 PM Eastern.)
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Joe Biden has been projected to win the Alabama Democratic presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ.
Live primary results:
Catch up on live coverage from the primary:
- While you wait for Alabama results to come in, head over to our main Super Tuesday post to follow all the action.
- Former Vice President Joe Biden was quickly called the winner of the Virginia primary, and Sen. Bernie Sanders took his home state of Vermont.
- 16 primaries and caucuses are happening today — here's everything you need to know about the biggest day in the Democratic primary race.
- Some polling places in the Los Angeles area were affected by a power outage Tuesday afternoon, which also affected parts of LAX airport.
- Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg told reporters that the only path he sees to winning is through a contested convention, in which no candidate wins a majority of delegates and the Democratic nomination becomes up for grabs.
Pre-primary:
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- 'We made history': Pete Buttigieg drops out of the 2020 presidential race
- Joe Biden crushed the South Carolina primary
What's at stake in the primary?
The state has been allocated 52 delegates who will go to Milwaukee in July to select the nominee, or 1.3% of the total number of delegates. 18 of those delegates will be allocated proportionally based on the state-wide vote, while the remaining 34 are won at the congressional district level.
As in all the Democratic primaries and caucuses this year, delegates at both the state and congressional district level are distributed in proportion to each candidate's vote share among those with at least 15% support in either the state or district.
The biggest prize at the congressional district level is the state's 7th district, with eight delegates up for grabs. The district stretches from Montgomery to Birmingham, and includes a large share of the majority African-American western part of the state.
Who does the polling say is ahead?
There's been a dearth of recent polling for Alabama's primary, but according to FiveThirtyEight's election forecast, former Vice President Joe Biden was the favorite, with a roughly 5 in 6 chance of winning the state. That was much higher than Sen. Bernie Sanders' 1 in 12 projected chance of winning the most votes.
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