Iran Press/ America: Fourteen states and one territory held nominating contests for the Democratic Party candidate for president on Tuesday 3 March, the most pivotal day on the presidential primary calendar.
Former US Vice President Joe Biden is off to a strong Super Tuesday start after he was declared the winner of Virginia, North Carolina and Alabama primaries by networks immediately as polls closed in both states.
Exit polls suggested Biden was bolstered by heavy support from African American voters, a development that had previously boosted him in South Carolina and portends well for his chances in other Southern states holding primaries Tuesday.
Polls had shown a tight race between Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders in Virginia and North Carolina as recently as last week.
But Biden’s big victory in South Carolina gave him a burst of momentum that could help blunt the advantage Sanders likely will have when polls close in California later on.
Riding a wave of endorsements from former rivals and his landslide victory in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, Biden was favored by 47 percent of Super Tuesday voters who said they picked a candidate in the last few days. He left Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Mike Bloomberg far behind with these late-deciding voters.
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