Democratic Primary Results: The Latest

The polls have closed for primaries in Mississippi and Michigan for the Democratic presidential candidates.

Here's the latest news and below are the full Democratic results.

The Latest News:

ABC News projects Clinton will win the Mississippi Democratic primary, based on exit poll data.

Support from white voters, black voters and women helped the former secretary of state sail to victory in Mississippi, according to preliminary exit poll results.

Clinton did fairly well with white voters and young voters -- two groups that her rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, usually does well with. She beat Sanders by a narrow margin among white voters and ran even with Sanders among voters under 30.

Clinton garnered overwhelming backing from the state's majority black electorate and women. Black voters accounted for six in 10 Mississippi Democratic primary voters and Clinton won nearly nine in 10 of their votes. She won women by a 4-1 margin. Nearly twice as many voters in the Magnolia State trust Clinton rather than Sanders to handle race relations.

Check back for results.

In a press conference put together last minute in Miami, Florida, Sanders commented on the Michigan Democratic primary and, although the results aren't known yet, called the night "fantastic" and "enormously successful."

"I think we are in the midst of a very tight race," Sanders said tonight. "It is not clear yet who will win this election here in Michigan, but I just want to take this opportunity to thank the people of Michigan, who kind of repudiated the polls that had us 20, 25 points down, a few days ago, who repudiated the pundits who said that Bernie Sanders was not going anywhere."

Sanders also thanked his "thousands of volunteers" in Michigan for "knocking on doors and for making the phone calls that created this kind of enormously successful night for us."

In his brief remarks, Sanders said, "This has been a fantastic night in Michigan. We are very grateful for all of the support that we have gotten from this state."

Meanwhile, Clinton held a rally in Cleveland, Ohio, but she did not mention the Michigan primary (or the Mississippi primary) in her speech.

The ABC News Analysis Desk contributed to this report.

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