What is Super Tuesday in America, what is it voted for, and why is it important in elections?
It's an important new phase of the presidential election, as primary contests wrap up and voters in many states go to the polls in primaries scheduled for the same date. It's called “Super Tuesday,” and it's important even though Democratic President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump don't have to worry about the race this year.
Tuesday's primaries may offer the last chance for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's flimsy and lackluster bid to challenge Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
What happens on Super Tuesday?
Instead of a primary or caucus, Super Tuesday brings together 15 races for Republicans and 16 races for Democrats spread across the country.
Republicans are set to capture a third of the delegates and an equally large share of the Democrats. Biden is undefeated in this year's primaries and Trump has only lost one.
Which states have voting?
A large cross-section of the country will have contests on Super Tuesday: red (Republican) states and blue (Democratic) states in the North, South, East and West.
The primaries at stake include the first three states of the alphabet, which any schoolchild should know: Alabama, Alaska (for Republicans) and Arkansas. In addition, there are California and Colorado; Maine, Massachusetts, and Minnesota; North Carolina; Oklahoma; Tennessee and Texas; Utah; and Vermont and Virginia.
Tuesday marks the end of the Democratic mail-in presidential nomination process in Iowa and the Democratic caucus in American Samoa.
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