Super Tuesday has the largest delegate haul of any day in the primary calendar, representing more than 70 percent of the delegates needed to mathematically clinch either party’s nomination.
Neither Trump nor Biden will be able to claim the title of “presumptive nominee” on Super Tuesday. The earliest that could happen is March 12 for Trump and March 19 for Biden.
In the presidential contests, neither Biden nor Trump has suffered a defeat or even faced a close race in any nominating contest as of Friday.
For both, their narrowest margin came in New Hampshire, which Biden won by more than 40 percentage points as a write-in candidate and Trump’s margin over Haley, his former UN ambassador, exceeded 10 points.
Alabama, Arkansas, California, North Carolina and Texas will hold state primaries on Tuesday. Among the most notable down-ballot races is the one in California to succeed the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Vying to replace her are Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey, a former baseball star.
It’s not unusual for only about half of the vote to be counted by the morning after the election.
