[UPDATE] Bernie Sanders Beats Hillary Clinton In Washington Democratic Caucus

Updated 11:35 p.m. Eastern

Democratic voters gave Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders landslide victories over Hillary Clinton in Washington and Alaska, and he was expected to take Hawaii, as well, for a complete sweep of Saturday's Democratic caucuses.

(100 percent of votes counted)

Sanders: 72 percent

Clinton: 28 percent

See Also:

• Democratic Caucus Results: Washington, Hawaii, Alaska
• Hawaii Democratic Caucus 2016 Live Results
• Alaska Democratic Caucus 2016 Live Results
• Come back for full results as they're announced.

Speaking to supporters in Madison, Wisconsin, Sanders said that the campaign is going as expected — far better than most anybody thought before the nation's voting began.

"We knew from day one that we were going to have have a politically hard time in the deep South, which is the conservative part of our party," he said. "We also knew we would do better when we headed west.

"Well, we are making major inroads into Secretary Clinton's lead, and we have, with your support — coming to Wisconsin – we have a path toward victory."

However well the Vermont senator finished, though, math and party nomination rules in the long run heavily favor Clinton, given the proportional division of delegates and her lead coming into Saturday piled on by trouncing Sanders in the Deep South on Super Tuesday and winning Ohio, Florida, North Carolina and Illinois.

To clinch the nomination, a candidate needs 2,383 delegates. After Saturday's caucuses, Clinton had a total of 1,712 delegates to 1,004 for Sanders, according to estimates from the New York Times.

Sanders would have to win nearly two-thirds of all remaining delegates to get the nomination.

Polls in Wisconsin show a tight race, so delegates could expected to be awarded almost evenly, and following Wyoming, which has only 18 delegates at stake, 291 delegates will be available in New York, where Clinton is heavily favored in the April 19 primary.

Republicans had no primaries Saturday. Their next primary is April 4 in Wisconsin.