AP VoteCast: A look at voters in Florida, Illinois, Arizona

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press surveyed voters in the three states that held Democratic presidential contests on Tuesday. Here’s a snapshot of the voters in Arizona, Florida and Illinois — who they are and what matters to them — based on results from AP VoteCast. Conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago, AP VoteCast surveys took place over seven days, concluding as polls closed.

ARIZONA

On a good night for Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders was able to maintain support from some of his base in Arizona. Close to half of Democratic primary voters there were liberal, and they were more likely to support the Vermont senator than the former vice president, 47% to 32%. Sanders enjoyed support from 60% of voters under 45.

But Latino voters — a group that makes up about 30% of Democratic primary voters in Arizona and has leaned toward Sanders in previous contests — were about evenly split between him and Biden.

Biden appeared to lead Sanders among older voters, both men and women, college graduates and suburban voters, as well as small town and rural voters. He was called the winner by The Associated Press.

A wide share of voters in Arizona cast their ballots before Election Day. AP VoteCast surveys are designed to capture voters' views regardless of when or how they voted, accounting for the many voters in Arizona, as well as Florida, who voted early. Here's a snapshot of voters' priorities and concerns as they cast their ballots:

About a third of voters say they are members of a gun-owning household in the state, where a leading gun control advocate — astronaut Mark Kelly — is running for the late John McCain’s Senate seat. Few Democratic primary voters identified gun policy as the top issue facing the country; health care, followed by climate change and the economy, was...