Super Tuesday, the biggest day in the Democratic primary, could see the field for the party's presidential nomination narrow again as front-runners Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden's build momentum.
... [+]: Super Tuesday marks the most significant date in the Democratic primary calendar with Democrats across 14 states casting their ballot for their preferred candidate for president, while more than a third of delegates up for grabs.indicate that he could be the only candidate to hit the 15% threshold needed to win statewide delegates in California.
Biden’s campaign has started to build momentum after a difficult showing in the four early-nominating states. Former rivals Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race and endorsed the former Vice President, who came out on top in the South Carolina primary over the weekend, with almostBut Sanders, the current frontrunner, could have an edge over his rivals in the key battleground states of Texas and California thanks to his popularity with young voters and Latinos.
While many commentators are calling it a contest between Biden and Sanders, Warren, making her last pitch before the Super Tuesday rally, told a rally in California on Monday: “Democratic voters should have more choice than that. America needs more choice than that,” The. Warren made a poor showing in South Carolina and has eight pledged delegates.
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who has poured hundreds of millions of his personal fortune into the race—and dominated ad spend in all of today’s voting states in preparation for Super Tuesday—is facing his first test with voters, as he is appearing on the ballot for the first time.Which states are voting?
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts , Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. American Samoa, a U.S. territory in the South Pacific ocean, and Democrats who live abroad are also voting today.Polls open at 5 a.m. Eastern Time and wraps up at about 11 p.m. in California. Results are expected in the early hours of Wednesday but vote-by mail ballots in California could mean it could take weeks to confirm that state’s winner.
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