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from kpix 5 news, this is campaign 2020. the california primary. now at 10:00, voters in california have made their choice, and it's shaping up to be a biden/sanders showdown for the democratic presidential nomination. >> we are very much alive! >> this campaign, i will send donald trump packing. >> tonight, i tell you with absolute confidence, we are going to win the democratic nomination. >> tonight, up to the minute election results, and a complete breakdown of where we go from here. >> bay area voters also deciding on some important issues. the latest numbers, and the potential impact. >> it hasn't exactly been smooth sailing at some bay area
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polling places. the huge lines that forced voters to wait deep into the night. now at 10:00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, a big night for joe biden. but bernie sanders pulls off a win in delegate rich, california. >> we've got our reporters across the bay area tonight, with results and reaction to the important races. >> first, let's start with up to the minute results. vermont, senator bernie sanders has been declared the winner here. >> 29% of the vote. michael bloomberg, 19% of the vote, be and joe biden coming in third. elizabeth warren in fourth. prop 13 is california's only state proposition on the ballot tonight. it's all about money for schools. $15billion, to be exact. it needed a majority to pass. right now, 58% have voted yes. with 23% of precincts reporting. >> in san francisco, measure e would restrict new offices from
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being built, if the city can't meet state mandated house goals. right now, the yes's lead with 54%. measure d in san francisco finds property owners who leave their retail store fronts empty, it requires a 2/3rds majority to pass. right now, the yes's lead with 66%. >> establishing six districts. one city council member would be elected in each district. a majority on this one is needed as well. right now, the yes's have it with 60%. as we mentioned, senator bernie sanders is taking a big prize tonight. the ap now projecting that he will win california. >> earlier tonight, sanders spoke at a rally in his hometown in vermont. >> it is our campaign, our movement, which is best positioned to defeat trump.
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you cannot beat trump with the same old same old kind of politics. what we need is a new politics, that brings working class people into our political movement. which brings young people into our political movement. and which in november will create the highest voter turnout in american political history. [cheering] >> meanwhile, joe biden carried eight super tuesday states, but is running third in california right now. >> that's right at a rally in tos meum back up. we are a decent, brave, resilient people. we can believe again, but we
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are better than this moment. we are better than this president. so get back up, and take back this country. the united states of america. there's not a single thing we can't do! >> there was an unexpected bump tonight in biden's speech, when anti-dairy protesters stormed the stage. >> kpix 5 political analyst joins us sanders and biden. >> we've been waiting and waiting it seems like for years for this field to narrow, and it looks like it finally has. it looks like we know who the
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two front-runners are, biden and sanders. for bloomberg and warren, there's going to be a lot of pressure for them to drop out of the race. if we're wondering who is going to make it to the finish line, it looks like the party's different wings are breaking into biden, and sanders. >> so michael bloomberg, really interesting. he did not know up in a super tuesday state today. he decided to go ahead to florida. he didn't do that bad in california. he came in third. where did he go wrong? >> well it's one thing to be in the public spotlight for so long. it may be the case that you've said the wrong thing, you've done the wrong thing, and all of that stuff is going to get drudged back up. i think initially, voters were willing to give him a look, because he wasn't as gaffe- prone as joe biden, and seemed
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similar. but ultimately, there was just too much baggage out there, after is so many years in the spotlight for him to actually get that nomination. >> i want to talk about the impact of the debates. it seems like this is the way they've gone, biden had a slow start in the debates. bloomberg, not a great show, and granted he was only in two debates. both of which, not a great look. but it seems like those debates, they can make a big difference, if you do really badly, but if you do great like a buttigieg, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win. >> for candidates, they know this. debates are really just an opportunity to screw up. when the democrats change their rules, as they were, to allow bloomberg to participate in this debate, and a lot of them said no, you're changing the rules to benefit bloomberg. this isn't necessarily benefiting bloomberg. he's just been given this
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opportunity to get up there, and disappoint a lot of people for someone they hoped like looked like the guy in the commercials. i lived in new york in the 2000s, i remember him being mayor. i said hold on, you need to wait and see him talk, because it really can bring you down. it really is an absolute minefield for candidates. >> you know, somebody who did do well on the debate stage was elizabeth warren. she always had the zingers, she always had the one liners. she really did debate well, but she's had a poor showing. we saw her show up in detroit tonight. again, not a super tuesday state. >> she's been creeping up on sanders there for a little bit. a couple of things that happened. the issue of whether or not she would raise taxes to pay for
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her healthcare bill. she started getting sort of cagey. she's just looked a little bit more like a politician at the that point. so i think that was one element to it. another was just her proposals. people got a good look and them, and sortive moved on. this is the kind of speed dating that happens when you're dealing with a primary with so many candidates. everyone gets their moment in the sun. upon that inspection, she was not able to keep that momentum, but it seemed to happen overnight, didn't it? >> they want that first impression. >> there's been a lot of change, when you think about where we were last week even. >> you would not have said joe biden would be far and away the delegate getter on super tuesday, before south carolina. that probably was not anyone's prediction. right now sanders supporters are celebrating tonight in the bay area.
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there they are. we're taking a live look right now at a campaign office of his in the mission district. joe vazquez is at a sanders campaign headquarters in oakland. hi joe. >> reporter: hi. we're in downtown oakland, and the party is really going strong. still late into the night, there's a lot of exuberance here. as you can see, the karaoke is on. folks are singing the praises of their candidate tonight. we've talked to folks who have been knocking on doors. getting out the vote. so tonight, even though we don't know whether sanders has claimed california, there's a lot of joy in the r.>> wtalked people who, you know, haven't really had anyone reach out to them. they're disenfranchised from electoral politics. i think for the most part, we've gotten to know our neighbors well. this has been a movement from the very first day.
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i think that everyone is just really excited for whatever we're building. we're building something. so it's not the end. >> reporter: there is a sense from the folks here who've been working very hard for the campaign. we're talking about people directly to get bernie sanders elected, that they've made some certain strides, but there's a long way to go. >> polls closed two hours ago, but there were people voting long after at san jose state. >> that's where we find kpix 5's juliette goodrich. >> reporter: i didn't expect to see as many people lined up. but that was the case all afternoon and into the evening, even when the polls close at 8:00, there were still students that were lined up, and they stayed there well into one hour, two hours past the poll sights. we may have some video to show you, where these students were lined up outside the library at san jose state university. many of them voting for the
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first time, and many of them determined and dedicated to see that they were going to make sure their vote counted this time around in the primary. so you can see the long line there. and we arrived around 4:00 this afternoon. that line still existed well into the night. here's some of the students talking about why they showed up to vote specifically in the primary. >> i'm voting for bernie sanders, just because personally, since i'm 18, i definitely want to take advantage of this time in my life to provide my opinion. the reason why i am voting for him is more specifically he likes to, well, he focuses more on the youth. and i just feel more included. >> reporter: this was the first time that san jose university had a polling center, and it certainly was a convenient location for all of the students that wanted to vote this time around. i can tell you that the polling site has officially closed now. that last student that showed
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up in line about 7:55 p.m., and then waited until about 9:45, to finally be able to vote, well, they have cast their vote, and now the polling center has officially closed down. so that's why we're back outside of the library right now. that's the latest here from san jose. i'm juliette goodrich kpix 5. >> it's a school night. >> yeah, they're waiting to turn out the lights. a lot of people tonight gathering at watch parties across the bay area. betty yu joins us live from manny's in san francisco, with folks' reactions there. betty. >> reporter: we still have a sizable crowd here at manny's in the mission in san francisco. take a look. folks have left in the last hour or so, but i can tell you that there was a hugenight, i'm told by the owner, about 500
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people rsvp'd to this super tuesday watch party. and the right now, i have the man from manny's, the owner of november of 2018, during the midterm elections with this in mind. this would be a hub. a political hot spot, if you will. >> yeah, so the vision was to create a physical space for the community to gather around our civic life, and tonight you saw that really happen. i mean, it manifested. people were spilling out into the streets. we had congresswoman gabby giffords here, and it was a beautiful gathering to come together, watch the results of this election, hold each other, and participate. >> reporter: you said hold each other. we saw a lot of reactions throughout the night. some voters were happier than others, but this really is a place that you've said you proudly wanted to be a partisan democratic space in this
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community. >> yeah, so manny's, is not a bipartisan space. we're a proudly partisan democratic space, and within that, everyone is welcome. so there were people here tonight that supported all sorts of different democratic candidates, and they are welcome here. that's what's beautiful. this wasn't a biden party, or a bernie party, or a warren party. it really was for everyone. >> reporter: there were some surprises tonight, i think mainly that elizabeth warren did not win her home state of massachusetts. also, we saw a lot of surprising big victories for joe biden. >> yeah, he won minnesota. he won virginia decisively. it's too close to call in maine, which is a bit unexpected, given that senator sanders obviously hails from the northeast. winsmassachusetts was big. we expected him to sweep the south. but we still have texas and we still have california.
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the two largest delegate winners. >> reporter: lastly, i know you were on the hillary clinton, and the barack obama campaigns. this is your new venture. what's it like for you to be a a part of this primary, in in capacity. >> so this is the first presidential campaign since 2012 that i'm not a part of, which is only two. but it is a little strange to not be actively involved in one campaign. i will say this morning, i cast my ballot at my local polling station, and it was the first time that i felt like i could see a light at the end of the tunnel. and being able to host all these people here. over 500 people. people spilling out onto the streets gave me hope. >> reporter: thank you so much, manny. i know many people share that sentiment tonight. >> there's been a lot of smiling faces. we had standing room only. a lot of people really appreciated having a place to go, physically to come and gather around the things that happen tonight. to say the hig
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gabby giffords telling everyone in the room, they had to keep fighting for the issues that matter to them. that's the kind of thing that has to happen in person. >> thank you so much. also for letting us into your space tonight. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: so we will still be here as manny has said. they will be open until 2:00, or as long as the last person stays here watching the latest results. we'll bring you their reaction throughout the show. now live in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. >> thanks. i'm len ramirez in santa clara county, where many of the labor backed candidates are having a good night. the latest from san jose, just ahead. okso maybe we're new to home improvement,
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welcome back. let's get back to the results. measure e in san francisco, is a property transfer tax that would generate $70 million for the general fund. this one needs a majority to win. right now, the yes's, just barely winning out the no's. >> len ramirez joins us from the south bay labor council, and he has the latest from there. >> reporter: that's right. people have been gathering here all night. many of the candidates were here earlier. it has been a pretty good run for many of the labor backed candidates here in santa clara county. things are starting to wind
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down just a little bit. but we can go over some of the closely watched race. canson chu looking to lead him. sergio jimenez, those candidates could win outright tonight, if their margins hold. also in city council, matt mahan has the wide open lead in the race. he could win outright tonight as well. incumbent yeff and david cohen are in a tis slim majority. that's the transfer on property tax sales over $2 million that would raise money for housing programs. all in all, a pretty big gathering today. many of the candidates have gone to hold their own victory parties, or at least watch parties. we'll continue to watch many of
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these important races, as the night, and in some cases, as the week goes on. reporting live in sa, len re kpix 5. in n francisco's south of market neighborhood for scott wiener's election night watch party. while we were here, we caught up with san francisco mayor london breed. is she endorsed mike bloomberg in this primary race for the democratic nomination. we caught up with her a short time ago to see exactly if she would support joe biden, or bernie sanders, if they were the nominees. here's what she had to say. >> i'm surprised at how well biden is doing. and i think it's great. we will see when it happens. haven't made a decision yet. but like i said, at the end of the day, it's important that we support the democratic nominee so that we can elect a democrat president. >> reporteyobrd says
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there is a need for unity within the democratic party, with these two seemingly different factions inside of the moderates and the progressives and that all has to come together in november. that's what she told us, just a short time ago. coming up late tonight on kpix 5 news, we will hear from state senator scott wiener, talked to him about the same subject, about unity in the democratic party. president trump tonight reacting to the results. he says he doesn't much care who he faces in the general election. >> whoever it is, i don't care. i really don't care. whoever it is. we will take him on. hey, the job we've done, we ry, cruiseto victory in voting inths going to be quite some time before we're finished. >> wilson walker joins us to
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explain why the process will drag on. >> reporter: think about it, california has worked very hard over recent years to make voting easier. california has worked hard to expand the electorate, and give you as many options as you possibly can to vote right up onto election day. they were actually last minute changes about election laws, this year and the last couple of weeks that made it easier to transfer parties in the last couple of minutes. so the state has made it easier to vote for you, and the result is that it is going to be harder to count all of those votes, if you follow me here. so i spoke with registrars of voters all across the bay area over the last couple of weeks, and they all kind of told me some similar trends. one is that people are obviously using mail in ballots more. 75% of the state now votes for mail in ballot. that back ends a lot of the work load for people counting all of those votes tonight. i spoke with one man who runs
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the elections department up in contra costa county. >> well that's become a trend. not just in primary elections, but over the last four years. voters are holding onto their vote by mail ballots later and later. so we have hundreds of thousands of ballots that we will be counting after election day. so election night results are going to be indicative of who might win. but there's still going to be a lot of ballots to be counted. >> indicative of whmighwin, but still a lot of ballots to be counted. if you go back to the conversation we've had about delegate math, think about 15%, in all of the congressional districts across the state, and who is hitting 15%. there are going to be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of ballots to count before we know exactly who hits all of of those numbers. so tonight, just sort of a snapshot of where things stand, but all of the mathematics that go into the delegate count,
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that will take a long time because of all of these late ballots that counties will be getting. long story short here, it's easier for you to vote. it is harder to count all of those votes. >> no question. not a job i envy. it's going to take a second. wilson, we appreciate it, thank you. it appears the could have a big impact on the election results. what voters are saying tonight.
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stops. 2/3rds needed to go through, the yeses lead. the battle was a contentious one, is supporters and opponents each spending over $1 million in this campaign. the coronavirus is having an effect at the polls. >> a new report says about three out of four democratic primary voters said the virus played a factor in their decision today. researchers spoke to voters in four different states, including california. they found 75% of california voters cited the virus as a factor in their decision. in virginia, it was noted by 73% of voters. in north carolina, 76%. and the hight in texas, with 78% of voters. technical issues plaguing voting sites. bernie sanders prompting a legal complaint over long lines and overloaded voting systems in los angeles county. election officials in that county spoke about what may
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have caused the issues. >> i think the biggest issue was the check in process and the capacity of the votes. we had 979 voting locations today. but they were not as evenly districted as one might desire, and it was difficult to predict where voters would choose to go to vote. >> the wait was three hours. we were all the way this way. the line has now moved that way down and around the block. so i think these people have a little bit longer. >> reporter: the secretary of state office says election officials couldn't connect to the database. cbs reporter, donna backez. >> reporter: good evening to you. the polls are now closed in all super tuesday states. california being the last one
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here. so far tonight has turned into a delegate battle between joe biden and bernie sanders. cbs news projects divisive wins for the former vice president in at least eight states, including virginia, north carolina, and massachusetts. he won big support from african american voters in the south. self-proclaimed democratic socialist, bernie sanders won his home state of vermont, as well as utah, and colorado. tonight here at a campaign event, joe biden declared victory. >> those who have been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign! just a few days ago, the press and the pundits declared the campaign dead. and then came south carolina and they had something to say about it. and we're told well when you got to super tuesday, it will
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be over. well it may be over for the other guy. >> reporter: he definitely gained big momentum here with super tuesday, of course, coming off that south carolina primary win. cbs news also projects that california, that's the night's biggest prize on super tuesday with 415 delegates is leaning toward bernie sanders. texas, the second biggest prize of the night, is a toss up between biden and sanders. liz and veronica. >> still to close to call. we did see joe biden here earlier. he was actually in oakland, and then he was there in los angeles. any idea on where he heads next? do you know where his next campaign stop might be? >> reporter: you know what, i did just read an email on where his next campaign stop will be, except i don't remember it right now. if i could scroll through my emails really quick quickly, i
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could let you guys know. so much information for the night. we know there is one tomorrow. i just can't tell you where, i apologize. >> it's hard to keep track of them. they're everywhere. bernie was in northern california earlier this weekend, now he's in vermont. and bloomberg's in florida. it's hard. >> and it's been a long night. >> reporter: it's hard to keep up with where they are. so many numbers, so many locations. it's a lot. >> we appreciate it. live for us there in los angeles, thank you. i just mentioned moments ago, that biden was trying to win over voters in oakland. he was actually here earlier today. we know that much, liz. >> it is hard, i'm sure there are times where they're like, what city am i in? >> people were shoulder to shoulder to see the white house hopeful. >> i supported obama. he was part of that administration. besides warren he's the only one that worked with the
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president, so i would trust him before anybody else. >> inside that diner, a cluster of media, patrons just trying to get a picture with biden. they were all there as well. biden sat down at a few tables to try to drum up some last minute support. a record amount of cash is being spent on campaign ads. we'll take a closer look at whether the candidates are getting their money's wo
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popping numbers on super tuesday spending tonight. >> all together, the campaigns spent a billion dollars in the 14 states. a full third of that was september in california. that total only affects the five candidates still in the race. tom steyer spent nearly $38 million in california all on >> it looks like it might not have helped them though. a person close to his campaign says he is re assessing his run after a disappointing night. he continued rallying in a non- super tuesday state in florida. >> i mean big important things like stopping gun violence, and fighting climate change. and finally achieving affordable health coverage for all americans. this is a campaign for change.
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a campaign for sanity, for honesty. a campaign for inclusion, compassion, competence, and a campaign for human decency. >> voters in florida will hit the polls in two weeks. perhaps no one had a more disappointing night than elizabeth warren. the massachusetts senator finished third in her home state, and didn't finish higher than that in any tuesday contests. still in a rally in detroit today, she did look ahead. >> this is a decision each and every one of you is going have to have to make, when there is this much danger, do you decide to get timid, crouch down a little, or do you decide to fight back? me, i'm in this because i'm fighting back. i'm fighting backment. >> another 125 delegates are at stake, when michigan voters head to the polls in one week.
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melissa cane joins us. i want to ask you, elections primaries, they don't exist in a vacuum. the world doesn't stop turning, just because it's time to elect a new president or not, or keep the income want. riw,econis good for a lot of people. the 401(k)'s look good. if we were having a recession, would we be having a completely different conversation? >> there may be different priorities in a recession. that's the whole bill clinton, it's the economy stupid. that's how you unseat an incumbent president, like he did, with george h.w. bush, like he did in 1992. when you have a broken economy, that's when you get a one-term incumbent. these are important things, but things like healthcare, immigration. these other things really fall to the way side when unemployment is high, or when
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inflation is high, for example. that's what voters are really carrying about, sort of what's right in front of them. one of the issues we talked about, the coronavirus. one issue there is if it continues to impact american and global business, what will that do to the trump presidency? because then all of a sudden, you are going to be potentially faced with a situation where you have a problematic economy, and that is something republicans definitely do not want. that's why we're seeing a lot of allegations on both sides. democrats are saying republicans are down playing. republicans are saying democrats are getting hysterical. each side has a motive for doing what they're doing, and it's hard to sift through. we're all going to cdc.gov just to get through the noise. because they know that in modern history, a good economy is good for the incumbent. >> i don't really think coronavirus had much affect on the polls. i know i was reading something
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about voter turnout, and i think of those eligible to register, 82% of californians did register it to vote. obviously, we've seen a pretty strong showing tonight at the polls. it doesn't seem like that had that big of an effect. >> whether you can vote absentee, and just drop it off at a voting station, might actually be real. but we're not seeing the impacts of that. because we have in california, so many other ways to submit our ballots that don't involve face-to-face. that may be the way you see it playing out. california is very easy to register to vote. third parties can register other people to vote. so we've made it super easy, which may account for some so that we're seeing in voter registration. but certainly, as someone that's been following politics for decades, i love that people are getting excited, and getting interested, and asking about delegates, and conventions. i think that's wonderful.
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if that's what's happening, then terrific. >> a lot of folks did vote early. but i'm wondering how many of those people tonight are regretting that decision? >> according to political inc., about 22% of democrats voted early. that may have changed a day or two before the election, but that's generally what we're looking at. a lot of people actually held onto their ballots, more so than we saw in 2016, or 2012. so by and large, maybe it's because we're earlier in the process this time around with this presidential primary, but even though there's a lot of absentee ballot voting, a lot more californians held onto these ballots until that very last day. >> was it just an exercise , if vote for mayor pete, or amy klobuchar? what happens? >> it's going to get counted so we're going to know. we saw elizabeth warren at 12%.
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the pete buttigieg at 10%. those are getting counted. >> what about those delegates? >> their delegates ideally will go wherever they tell them to go. it seems like right now, joe biden is going to be the person they're encouraging their delegates to go to. but to be clear, they can't force their delegates to do anything. any number of options are on the table, if delegates decide to vote for someone else. >> that line out the door at san jose state, where kids waited in line just for hours to cast their ballot. it reminds me a little of when barack obama was running for president. so many young people were so excited about voting for him. >> or voting for the first , 's look how excited they are. >> whatever gets people engaged in thinking about the process, and really >> think we've seen
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to pass. 66% of the vote. >> san francisco measure a would pump tens of millions of dollars of cash into city college campuses. this bond measure needs 55% approval to go through. right now, the yes's lead with 69%. >> getting onto alameda county, measure c has been called the care for kids ordinance. a half cent sales tax would improve healthcare and early education for children. a majority is needed. 59% of the yes's have it. alameda fire measure d is meant to help with fire response times, bonds will also help with fire station repairs. 2/3rds need to say yes to this one. the yes's lead with 64%. now to emeryville. a lot of it involving police and fire. 2/3rds needed to pass this one. yes's are at 70%. healthcare was the top issue on democratic voters' minds on this super tuesday.
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that was followed by climate agn to explain how these priorities may have impacted the results tonight. >> reporter: as you see, healthcare is far and away the most popular issue for talked t voter versus a biden voter, or bloomberg, warren, as it were, then what they'll tell you is one of two things. i'm really interested in medicare for all. if you're a sanders, or warren supporter, or for a lot of biden supporters they go we like obamacare, which they associate with him, and we don't necessarily want to be forced into a government healthcare system. and so, it's an important issue for democratic voters, but it's playing out in very different ways, and really shows you to some degree why people are choosing one lane of the democratic party over the other is healthcare. but sort of two very different recipes for how to deal with it. >> i want to talk a little
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about the voter gamesmanship here when it came to this particular primary. so often we talk about in primaries, vote with your heart. vote for your favorite candidate. vote for the issues that matter to you. but we're seeitha lot of voters we're speaking to, wait a minute, i want to ifmy candidate is on the ballot. how am i going to number one, elect somebody that's going to beat donald trump in the general election, or somebody that's going to push my agenda of keeping the democratic party how it is, or maybe a more socialist agenda. we're seeing a little bit of that strategy. >> we saw back in 2016, people voting for all kinds of different candidates, because they felt an affinity to the green party, or other parties, but those were people who had only known barack obama. but when it came to 2016, then they voted with their heart,
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and they found out that did not necessarily result in the result they would have liked to have seen. this time around, it seems people are a little more hardened, and a little more strategic, and saying electability is going to be our number one thing. we're not going to worry about agreeing them on every thing. we want to make sure we beat donald trump and we cannot afford to be sentimental about this, this time around. not everyone. certainly, there are people who are still going to vote like this. but it seems by and large, this issue has really taken center stage in a way that it was not in 2016. >> i think that's interesting. if you look at the candidates who decided to drop out of the race. mayor pete, or amy klobuchar, you and i spoke earlier about who their voters decided to support, and why? are they going to get behind biden? is bernie sanders electable?
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>> those are the debates. bernie sanders will tell you he's the only one electable, because he has such a following, and he's aiming for a revolution. biden supporters will tell you there's no way that bernie sanders can win. even if you're not in love with him, you really need to go with him, because we need to be practical in this moment, and make sure we can pick up the middle lane of democrats and of voters in swing states so that we can beat donald trump. so both having good arguments, issue.th really going veto be fully in love with the candidate. no time for that. >> no time for emotion. >> not for democrats now. >> thanks. san francisco leaders have made their endorsements pre- super tuesday. post-super tuesday, what do they expect to happen with the
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elected leaders in san francisco are reacting to tonight's super tuesday results. >> andrea borba says there's a common theme in what they're saying. >> reporter: this was state senator scott wiener's watch party for primary tuesday. for super tuesday. there were many san francisco politicians who swung by here. we also caught up with san francisco mayor london breed here today. she stressed the importance of rallying around whoever the eventual democratic nominee was for the party. it was a sentiment that was also echoed by state senator scott wiener. >> how important is unity for the democratic party going into 2020? >> i mean, it's incredibly important, even though as foolish as donald trump is, he's been continually
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underestimated, and we can't just assume we're going to beat him. we have to be unified, and that's hard because our party has some fractures, and we have to sometimes step outside of our comfort zone, and make clear this isn't about necessarily supporting your ideal candidate. it's about making sure that we put a democrat in the white house. >> reporter: now before today, state senator wiener had endorsed elizabeth warren for the presidency, and mayor london breed had endorsed michael bloomberg for the presidency. we asked who they plan to support going forward, they both said the eventually nominee, but did not say who they planned to support right now, if they planned to make any endorsements before this is all said and done, before we hit a convention. kpix 5. we'll be right back with much more on super tuesday, as late results keep rolling in. we'll have the updated numbers, straight ahead.
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mean while, president trump weighing in on this super tuesday. he took shots at michael bloomberg. his political consultants took him for a ride. $700million washed down the drain. he then blasted elizabeth warren and tweeted she was the loser of the night. she didn't even come close to winning her home state of massachus.campaign
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2020 continues right now on kpix 5. >> much more election results on the big races still ahead. now at 11:00, super tuesday dramatically reshaping the race for the democratic presidential nomination. >> tonight i tell you with absolute confidence we're going to win the democratic nomination. >> when he got to super tuesday it would be over. well, it may be over for the other guy. and tonight, the question: how long will the other guy stick around? >> and some people in the bay area had to wait to exercise their right to vote. the lines that stretched for hours. now at 11:00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we're counting up the votes from the key races across the bay area and california. >> first, t'
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