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(Phoenix, Arizona) – Super Tuesday is the name by which the first Monday of March is known each year that a presidential election is held in the United States, such as this 2020.
The current President Donald Trump will seek re-election contending at the polls on November 3 against the candidate of the Democratic Party, while Democrats seek to choose their candidate for the White House.
If you are interested in understanding the current electoral process in the United States, in this article we will explain what one of the most decisive days for those seeking the Democratic nomination consists of: Super Tuesday.
National politics in the United States is controlled by two parties, the Republican and the Democratic. Republicans currently have control of the Executive Branch, so President Trump will be their candidate again for this year’s presidential election.
Trump was elected in November 2016, and his four-year presidential term ends in January 2021.
Democrats must choose from among several candidates their candidate for the presidency of the country. They do this through a process of electoral assemblies (caucuses) and primary elections.
Super Tuesday is this Tuesday, March 3, and due to the large number of delegates at stake, it is the most important day in the primary elections for the Democratic presidential nomination.
What is Super Tuesday?
What is this important day of primary elections all about, and what makes this Tuesday not a regular Tuesday but a “super Tuesday”?
It is called Super Tuesday (Super Tuesday in English) to this election day because 14 states will hold primary elections, the highest number in a single day. Super Tuesday represents approximately a third of the total delegate allocation.
The states that will vote this Super Tuesday are: Alabama, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.
California is considered the key state on Super Tuesday because it has the largest number of delegates in the country.
Democratic voters abroad will also cast their vote, and the United States territory called American Samoa (located in the Pacific Ocean) will also hold its Democratic electoral assembly (caucus).
The map below shows all the states and territory of the United States participating in Super Tuesday in blue.
How many delegates are at stake this Tuesday, March 3?
The total number of delegates available in Super Tuesday is 1,344.
In 2020, there will be a total of 4,750 delegates: 3,979 committed delegates and 771 automatic delegates, more commonly known as superdelegates.
Delegates are individuals elected to represent their state, territory, or Democrats abroad at the Democratic Convention.
To win the Democratic nomination, a presidential candidate must receive the support of the majority of the committed delegates on the first vote, that is, 1,991 delegates.
If the convention is contested and goes to a second vote or more, automatic delegates (or superdelegates) will be able to vote, and a candidate must receive the majority support of all delegates, that is, 2,375.5 votes to secure the nomination.
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate will be chosen by delegates to the Democratic National Convention, which will take place July 13-16 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The national nomination convention is the formal ceremony during which the party officially elects its nominee.
Approximately two thirds of the delegates will have been assigned at the end of March 2020 through the electoral assemblies and primary elections, including the day of Super Tuesday.
Adding the 155 assigned delegates from early voting states — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina — by the time Super Tuesday ends, it will speak of nearly 40 percent of the total delegate allocation.
If an applicant gets a large number of delegates, it may be numerically difficult for others to continue in the race.
Therefore, what happens on Super Tuesday could very well decide the career of the candidates to obtain the Democratic nomination to face Trump in the November 3 election.
© 2020, Eduardo Barraza. All rights reserved.
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