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March 2, 2020

Super Tuesday is tomorrow and features a large part of the American voting population.

In 2020, the following 14 states have caucuses or primary elections on Super Tuesday:

  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Massachusetts
  • Maine
  • Minnesota
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia.
In addition, voters in American Samoa will have a primary election (but cannot vote in the general election).

The Democratic Party nominee needs 1,991 delegates to win the nomination. The total number of pledged delegates is 3,979. On Super Tuesday, a total of 1,357 delegates are on offer.

The Republican primaries and caucuses are a formality because the incumbent, President Trump, is running for re-election.

The Democratic field was once quite large and now sits at four remaining candidates: former Vice-president Joe Biden, former N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass). Sanders is slightly ahead in the current delegate total count, with 60; Biden has 54. Warren has 8; and Bloomberg, who has not been on ballots, has 0.

Voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina has already voted in their primaries or caucuses. Voters in 11 other states will vote in March alone. The last state caucuses and primaries take place on June 2. The Virgin Islands, on June 6, are the last of the American territories to vote.

The Democratic Party National Convention will be July 13–16 in Milwaukee. The Republican Party National Convention will be Aug. 24–27 in Charlotte, N.C. The general election will take place November 3.

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