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