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politics and politicians Title: Super Tuesday guide: The states, the stakes, who's in contention and more Tuesday is the most important day in the 2020 presidential race so far. With 1,357 pledged delegates -- 34 percent of the nationwide total -- up for grabs on what's known as Super Tuesday, the results of these contests will set the course for the rest of the presidential nominating calendar and could make or break several candidates' campaigns. Fourteen states are set to vote on Super Tuesday, along with American Samoa and Democrats abroad. On Super Tuesday. 14 states, American Samoa and Democrats abroad will vote to determine their party's presidential nominee. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., remains the apparent front-runner for the Democratic nomination thanks to strong showings in Iowa and New Hampshire before he ran the tables on the rest of the field in Nevada. He leads all candidates in pledged delegates so far, and is rallying big crowds in delegate-rich states like California. But former Vice President Joe Biden is coming off his own blowout victory in South Carolina -- where he not only won, but significantly outperformed expectations. He has been almost exclusively focused on South Carolina, however, and doesn't have the resources of Sanders' or billionaire Mike Bloomberg's campaigns. He will have to hope that momentum from his Palmetto State win is enough to overcome his opponents' Super Tuesday head starts. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor who's spent over $400 million on his presidential campaign, will be on the ballot for the first time Tuesday. He skipped the campaign's early contests to blanket the airwaves of Super Tuesday states with commercials and flood them with campaign staffers. He's risen in the polls to become a legitimate contender, but Tuesday he will see if his unorthodox but well-financed strategy turns into actual votes. And a last-minute curveball will test the theory that there are two "lanes" in this primary race -- one for moderates and one for progressives. Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race Sunday despite having the third-most delegates in the field and Sen. Amy Klobuchar exited the race Monday. Both will appear at a Monday night rally with Biden to officially endorse him. If the "lanes" theory is true, Bloomberg -- and especially Biden -- could perform better than polls have indicated by scooping up Buttigieg and Klobuchar supporters. TRUMP SAYS BUTTIGIEG'S EXIT A SIGN DEMS TRYING TO STOP BERNIE SANDERS Meanwhile, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is fighting for her campaigns' life and will need a performance significantly above current expectations to have a path forward after Super Tuesday. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii still barely registers in the polls and is seeking her first delegates of the primary season. Here's a guide to every state voting on Super Tuesday: Alabama There are 52 pledged delegates available in Alabama's deep-South primary contest. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., and Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. both supported Biden, giving the moderate backing from an endangered senator and an important black lawmaker in a state with a large African-American population. Read more about the race here. Arkansas The home state of former Democratic President Bill Clinton has 31 pledged delegates to offer on Tuesday. It went for Hillary Clinton over Sanders--66 percent to 30 percent--in the 2016 primary. Read more about the race here. California The Golden State's 415 available delegates are by far the largest haul of the primary race. Sanders, who is leading in the polls there, is seeking to run up the score in California to give himself as large a delegate lead coming out of Super Tuesday as possible. Read more about the race here. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
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