BREAKING: Joe Biden will win the Virginia primary, ABC News projects based on analysis of the exit poll. https://abcn.ws/2TlcZPK #VAPrimarypic.twitter.com/Qu3gWJOOcX
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In Virginia, Joe Biden benefited from his personal popularity, a sense that he can beat Trump and his strength among the black electorate, while Bernie Sanders was strong among very liberal and younger voters, per preliminary exit poll results.https://abcn.ws/38lzcl0
Asked who they think is best able to beat Trump in November, 53% of Democratic voters in Virginia picked Biden; 21%, Sanders; 12%, Bloomberg, and 7%, Warren. per preliminary exit poll results.https://abcn.ws/38lzcl0
66% of Virginia Democrats expressed a favorable view of Joe Biden; Warren is seen favorably by 51%, Sanders by 47% and Bloomberg by 38%, according to preliminary exit poll data.https://abcn.ws/38lzcl0
Independents – a group that favored Sanders by double digits in VA in 2016 – made up 26% of Virginia Democratic primary voters, per preliminary exit poll results. But preliminary data suggests this group divided their support between Biden and Sanders.https://abcn.ws/38lzcl0
Moderates made up 38% of Virginia Democratic voters in preliminary exit poll results — up from 29% in 2016. 62% backed Biden, while very liberal voters went for Sanders by a wide margin.https://abcn.ws/38lzcl0
Younger adults (under 30) made up 12% of Virginia Democratic voters. This group, which Sanders won by nearly 40% in 2016, continued to back him with 58%, per preliminary exit poll results.https://abcn.ws/38lzcl0
MORE: Seniors (65+) — a group which made up 27% of Virginia primary voters — overwhelmingly supported Biden, with 72 percent behind him, compared to 14% behind Bloomberg.https://abcn.ws/38lzcl0
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