Late support lifts Biden; Sanders keeps his base: Takeaways from Super Tuesday exit polls

A surge of late support lifted former Vice President Joe Biden on Super Tuesday, extending his candidacy beyond his southern strongholds as moderates coalesced behind his electability argument. Yet Sen. Bernie Sanders held broad support among issue voters, independents, Hispanics and the young, defining the battleground ahead.

Across the 12 states in which exit polls were conducted, Biden won 47% of Democratic primary voters who made their choice in the last few days – close to double his level of support, 26%, among those who decided earlier. CONT.

Gary Langer, Christine Filer, Sofi Sinozich & Allison De Jong, ABC News