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LIVE UPDATES: Illinois Democratic primary full results and vote counts

Mar 17, 2020, 18:38 IST
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Polls for the Illinois Democratic presidential primary close at 7 PM Central time (8 PM Eastern.) We'll have live results and vote totals as they come in.

Illinois Democratic primary results:

Catch up on live coverage from the primary:

While you're waiting for results to come in, check out what's going on in primaries elsewhere here.

Pre-primary:

Here's how Democrats will elect their presidential nominee over the next several months

What's at stake in the primary?

Illinois has 155 pledged delegates on the table. 54 of those delegates are proportionally allocated to candidates based on their statewide vote totals, and the remaining 101 are distributed among the state's 18 congressional districts.

Among the congressional districts, the biggest prizes are the 1st, 7th, and 9th districts, with eight delegates up for grabs in each. The 1st district covers most of the South Side of Chicago and many of the city's southwestern suburbs, the 7th district includes much of the rest of the city proper and several western suburbs, and the 9th district includes parts of the North Side of Chicago and northern suburbs including Evanston.

As in most other states, candidates must earn over the minimum threshold of 15% of the vote in a given district or statewide to earn any delegates. While this was a major factor in earlier primaries when there were still several candidates in the running, now that the race has largely consolidated into a two-way affair between Biden and Sanders, the 15% threshold is likely to play a less important role in tonight's elections.

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This is what the polling said ahead of the Illinois primary:

According to Real Clear Politics' average of the latest polling data, Biden holds a clear lead in the state, with the intended support of 65.4% of voters to Sanders' 22.6%. Gabbard was polling at 2%.

According to FiveThirtyEight's primary election forecast, Biden has a greater than 99% chance of winning the most votes in Illinois. FiveThirtyEight projects that Biden's probable victory will likely translate into winning just over two-thirds of the delegates up for grabs in the state and its congressional districts.

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