Former Vice President Joe Biden has won the state of Florida’s primary presidential election, and Twitter had a lot to say about it.
What’s going on:
- Biden won the primary race in Florida on Tuesday night. The election went on even though the coronavirus pandemic has left people social distancing and away from the outdoors.
- Biden won the race in Florida relatively early, getting the call early.
- It was sone of several states who had primary elections Tuesday night.
Social media reactions:
- There were plenty of social media reactions to Biden’s early win in Florida.
Biden won every county in Missouri, Mississippi, Michigan last week.
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 17, 2020
he's likely going to win every county in Florida, Arizona, and Illinois tonight
Congratulations @JoeBiden on winning my home state of Florida. Voting for you gave me hope and optimism. You will have a great night. It is time for @BernieSanders to acknowledge that you are the one that we want to take on Trump and become the next President of the US.
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) March 18, 2020
"Old people need to stay home in Florida. Turnout should be as low as possible."
— The Substack of Boba Fett (@agraybee) March 18, 2020
*Biden wins Florida by 40 points*
"The low turnout of this election makes it illegitimate."
Florida is obviously a rout for Biden; also, it's the latest state where a lot of Sanders’s 2016 support turned out to be anti-Clinton.
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) March 17, 2020
NASSAU COUNTY (total votes)
2016: Clinton 2914, Sanders 2063, others 205
2020: Biden 3646, Sanders 1026, others 934
Okay, it's time to start referring to "presumptive nominee" @JoeBiden.
— Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) March 17, 2020
In the midst of a pandemic, @JoeBiden brings out more voters in FL than in 2016 primary. Unbelievable. #FloridaPrimary pic.twitter.com/OIXaYHrLgL
— 𝘫𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘭. (@Jeremy10036) March 17, 2020
Absolutely brutal early numbers for Sanders in South Florida. Biden up 67-15% in Palm Beach County. Biden up 66-19% in Broward. Biden 57-21% in Miami-Dade.
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 17, 2020
BIDEN BLOWOUT: @JoeBiden is the winner of the Florida primary, the CNN Decision Desk projects, pummeling @BernieSanders in a state with 219 delegates on the line.
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) March 18, 2020
Joe Biden is the projected winner in the state of Florida, according to our projections
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 18, 2020
He's on track net-100 delegates or more, essentially canceling every Sanders victory so far in the race
Dear @BernieSanders: thank you for your service. With all respect to what you achieved: Now is the time to drop out.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) March 18, 2020
Does Sanders end up winning a single county in FL/AZ/IL? At the moment I'm not sure.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 18, 2020