While Joe Biden came out on top, voters voiced a preference for Bernie Sanders' signature policy proposal.
While most voters backed a health care plan more like the one proposed by Sanders, Biden was the clear winner in nine of the 14 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. He also appears to be poised to win Maine as well when all the votes are counted. Meanwhile, Sanders only came out on top in four states: Colorado, California, Utah and his home state of Vermont.
The support for universal health care among Democratic voters aligns with the preferences of voters in the first four state contests, as well. Clear majorities of voters said they supported government health care for all in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, while a plurality said the same in South Carolina, according to previous CNN exit polls.
Some commentators and political analysts weighed into the disparity between voters appearing to support Sanders' signature policy proposal compared to Biden coming out on top on Super Tuesday. "This is amazing. Voters backed Sanders' ideas even though they didn't vote for him. Same goes for socialism," Yousef Munayyer, a political analyst, wrote on Twitter."Shows you voters didn't vote for who they agreed with but who they were told would be less risky.
Following the results of Super Tuesday, Biden is now the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, while Sanders remains a strong second-place contender. Warren is in a distant third, having not won in any state. Even in her home state of Massachusetts, she only placed third. Until now, 18 states and American Samoa have voted in the Democratic primaries and caucuses.
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