The Democratic and Republican parties will elect more than 35% of the delegates who have the power to vote for a presidential candidate. California and Texas, the largest states, are joining the call.
This Tuesday is the big day of the presidential primaries in the United States, an important date known as ‘Super Tuesday’, which will see the distribution of the largest number of delegates in one day (more than 35%) and which will allow the candidacies to become practical to leave. solved for Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
Why is Super Tuesday important?
The presidential primaries began on January 15 in Iowa for Republicans and on February 3 in South Carolina for Democrats, and only a handful of states have voted since then.
These early dates have traditionally served to define the favorites and cause the candidates with less support to withdraw. This is what happened to Republicans this year, with the departure of Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy.
The importance of “Super Tuesday” lies in the large percentage of delegates from the two major parties chosen early in the primaries, which normally puts the process largely on track for the would-be winner.
Which states vote on Super Tuesday?
In total, fourteen of the country’s fifty states will hold Republican and Democratic primaries California and Texas, the largest in the country. The others are Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.
California and Texas are the states that will allocate the most delegates on March 5 and will practically decide the nominations of Biden, who has no significant rival, and Trump, since in the Republican case the candidate who exceeds 50% will be elected . carries the majority of the deputies.
In addition to those fourteen states, Republicans in Alaska will be called on that date, while Democratic voters abroad and in the territory of American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands will also be able to choose their candidate this ‘Super Tuesday’.
How many delegates are distributed?
On this ‘Super Tuesday’, Republicans will choose 865 of the 2,429 delegates who will be summoned to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin next July. 35.6% of the total.
For their part, on this date the Democrats will elect 1,439 of the 3,934 delegates, 36.5%, who will declare their candidate at the Democratic National Convention in August in Chicago (Illinois).
Can Biden win the primaries on Super Tuesday?
No. Even if Biden were to win all the delegates at stake (only two have escaped him so far in the Michigan primary), adding his current 206 would leave him at 1,645, still 323 away from the magic number of 1,968 set by the Democratic candidacy..
Most likely, in the absence of significant opposition, Biden will receive the necessary number of delegates to be considered the winner of the primaries on March 19, when another half-dozen states have chosen their delegates.
And Trump?
Neither. Although the former president is dominating the Republican primaries without setbacks, Nikki Haley’s presence in the race is delaying the day when the former president can claim victory.
Even if Trump were to take absolutely all the delegates, which is unlikely, he still wouldn’t reach the 1,215 he needs to be declared the candidate.
But if Trump goes through the states that have to go to the polls, it will be very difficult Hello justify continuing the race.
Source: EITB
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