Super Tuesday Fast Approaches For Remaining Democrats
One of the biggest days of the 2020 primary election looms over the remaining Democrats competing for the presidential nomination. On Tuesday, Mar. 3, 14 states will vote to select the Democratic nominee for the upcoming battle with President Donald Trump on Nov. 3. More delegates can be won next Tuesday than on any other single day of the campaign trail.
Among the states holding their primary are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia. More than 33% of the nationwide delegates will be assigned. As it stands, Bernie Sanders is the frontrunner with 43 delegates, but Pete Buttigeig, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Amy Klobuchar are following behind with 26, 13, 8, and 7 respectively according to a Feb. 25 update from the Associated Press.
1,991 delegates are needed to win the nomination, and 1,344 will be allocated on Tuesday. A variety of polls from RealClearPolitics project Sanders to win the day, taking a majority of the votes in his home state of Vermont (23 delegates), and the two major juggernauts of Texas (251 delegates) and California (416 delegates) among others. Biden, Buttigeig and Mike Bloomberg are also expected to win delegates according to the Feb. 24 poll update.
Warren has also fought her way back into the spotlight with her aggressive statements against Bloomberg on the debate stage last Wednesday. She attacked his alleged history of misogyny, saying “I’d like to talk about who we’re running against, a billionaire who calls women ‘fat broads’ and ‘horse-faced lesbians.’ I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.” She has since boasted of a dramatic explosion in donations on twitter, raising 6 million in the 24 hours following the debate. Despite this, Warren currently does not poll above the 15% minimum threshold to win delegates.
The current projections are expected to change slightly following the debate yesterday evening in South Carolina, which marked the last before the pivotal election day. South Carolina’s primary election will be held on Sunday, Feb. 29, where RealClearPolitics believes Sanders has recently gained an advantage over long-time state frontrunner Biden, although the margin remains small.
Californians can vote at any of the thousands of polling centers around the state on or before Mar. 3. They can also vote by mail, as long as their ballot is postmarked before the deadline. Santa Monica College (SMC) will have a booth open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Feb. 29, Mar. 1, Mar. 2, and Mar. 3 for students and anybody else hoping to cast their ballot.