Joe Biden wins Florida Democratic primary

Breaking News: Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden is projected to have won Florida, one of 3 states holding presidential primaries today.

It's a Biden blowout, too.

At this time, Biden is projected to win big in Florida against his Democratic opponent, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders -- 61 percent to 23 percent, with 3/4 of precincts reporting at the time of this blog post.

Observations from political reporters and others, as the news broke around 8pm Eastern on Tuesday night.

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 wins Florida, @NBCNews projects.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 18, 2020

BREAKING: Joe Biden has won Florida, and decisively, as he continues to grow a delegate lead that gets him closer to winning the Democratic presidential nomination.

— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 18, 2020

BREAKING: Joe Biden is projected to win the Florida primary, according to the AP. https://t.co/TfB1Q5NwOZ pic.twitter.com/DkKIxSdktC

— NPR (@NPR) March 18, 2020

FL Dem primary phone poll

White
Biden 66%
Sanders 23%

Black
Biden 75%
Sanders 18%

In the '16 FL Dem exit poll (different from tonight's poll, but just for reference), Sanders lost black voters 81-18% and whites 53-43%.

— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) March 18, 2020

Biden wins Florida, @AP projects: https://t.co/IvcVsnM5uV

— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) March 18, 2020

.@JoeBiden projected to win big in FLORIDA 61 percent to 23 percent with 3/4 of precincts reporting.

— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) March 18, 2020

NBC projects current delegate count as 997 to 736 with 200+ still to allocate tonight

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) March 18, 2020

In Florida: 500,000 more voters in Dem primary in 2020 than in 2016 inspite of coronavirus crisis and social distancing recommendations https://t.co/BDeBcaIHvu

— Al Cardenas (@AlCardenasFL_DC) March 18, 2020

NEW: @ABC News can project that @JoeBiden has won the Democratic primary in the state of Florida, the biggest delegate prize of the night

Biden currently holds a 38-point lead over @BernieSanders in initial returns from the state

— Johnny Verhovek (@JTHVerhovek) March 18, 2020