Bernie Sanders' Super Tuesday Losses Partly Due to Young Voter Turnout

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Bernie Sanders' Super Tuesday Losses
Partly Due to Young Voter Turnout Young voters, ages 17-29, did not show up to the polls
at the same rate as 2016, according to exit poll data. Joe Biden defeated Bernie Sanders
in several key states on Tuesday, including North Carolina, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Virginia and Texas. Young voters made up 14 percent of North Carolina's
electorate, compared to 16 percent in 2016. Sanders earned 57 percent of North Carolina's young
vote this year, compared to 69 percent in 2016. In Virginia, young voters made up 13 percent
of the vote, compared to 16 percent in 2016. Sanders won 55 percent of those voters in 2020,
compared to 69 percent four years ago. Sanders remained positive at a rally Tuesday night in
his home state of Vermont, where young voter
turnout was 11 percent, down from 15 percent in 2016. Bernie Sanders,
via statement

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