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Super Tuesday 2020: What time are the results?

A voter prepares her ballot in a voting booth during early voting for the California presidential primary election: Getty Images
A voter prepares her ballot in a voting booth during early voting for the California presidential primary election: Getty Images

On Tuesday, 14 states will head to the polls across the US and dole out the largest number of delegates of the Democratic primary season — and in the process likely set in stone the hierarchy among the candidates for the next few months.

After just three contests in the season so far, with a fourth in South Carolina to come just days before Super Tuesday, the candidates have already fallen into a particular set of positions.

But, with a relatively small number of delegates having been allocated, the nomination is still theoretically anybody’s to win, even if Bernie Sanders is the front-runner and appears poised for some big wins on Super Tuesday.

Here’s what you need to know.

When is Super Tuesday?

Tuesday, 3 March.

What is it?

It’s the most important day of voting in the US, after election day in November.

Voting will occur in 14 primaries in the US, caucuses will be held in American Samoa, and voting for Democrats abroad will begin.

In Texas, the second largest state on the map with 228 delegates, we’re expecting a closer contest between Mr Sanders and Joe Biden, who is banking on a strong showing in South Carolina days before Super Tuesday to bolster his argument that he’s a guy who can win. As things stand, Mr Sanders leads the state with 29 per cent support, Mr Biden comes in second with 20 per cent, Mike Bloomberg is in third with 18 per cent and Elizabeth Warren has landed at 15 per cent.

Beyond those, North Carolina has 110 pledged delegates to give out, Virginia has 99 delegates and Massachusetts has another 91. They’ll all be worth watching, too.

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California

Texas

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Utah

Virginia

Minnesota

Maine

Colorado

Arkansas

Alabama