Everything to Know
About Super Tuesday Considered the most important
day for the Democratic candidate hopefuls,
Super Tuesday takes place on March 3. Primaries will be held in
more than a dozen U.S. states
for Democrats abroad and in Samoa. More than 1,300 delegates
are up for grabs on Super Tuesday. The two states with the
most delegates are
California and Texas. Once Super Tuesday is over,
nearly 40 percent of all Democratic delegates
will have been allocated to the candidates. If one candidate secures a
major lead of delegates, it'll be tough
mathematically for the other candidates to pull ahead. Super Tuesday has been
"a thing" as far back as 1976. However, the first official
Super Tuesday is widely recognized as taking
place in 1984, when nine states participated. Voting on Tuesdays dates
back to the 1800s, when the day
made the most sense for a more
religious and agrarian U.S. society. Heading into this Super Tuesday,
Bernie Sanders leads with 56 delegates. Former Vice President
Joe Biden has 48. Senators Elizabeth Warren and
Amy Klobuchar have eight and seven, respectively.
