Super Tuesday

Super indeed .  Fifteen states or regions, as well as Democrats Abroad , will hold their Presidential primaries on Tuesday, March 3rd.

• Alabama
• American Samoa
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Democrats Abroad
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Minnesota
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia

Our two most populous states, California and Texas,containing about 40% of the U.S. population, have their primaries on March 3rd.

To win the Democratic Presidential nomination on the first ballot (AKA without a contested convention), 1991 votes are needed.  Before Super Tuesday, only about 824 will have been allocated, leaving 1367 up for grabs that day.

Here's a map of Super Tuesday.