It’s Super Tuesday: 14 states and a huge pile of delegates are up for grabs as Biden surges

The states voting:

  • California, with 415 delegates
  • Texas, with 228
  • North Carolina, with 110
  • Virginia, with 99
  • Massachusetts, with 91
  • Minnesota, with 75
  • Colorado, with 67
  • Tennessee, with 64
  • Alabama, with 52
  • Oklahoma, with 37
  • Arkansas, with 31
  • Utah, with 29
  • Maine, with 24
  • Vermont, with 16
  • Democrats abroad, with 13
  • American Samoa, with 6

The more people who cross the 15% viability threshold in each state, the fewer delegates the state’s winner gets. So if, for instance, Sanders wins big in California and only one other person crosses 15%, he could come away with a large majority of those 415 delegates. But if two other people get 15% or more, it would be less of a delegate boost. And that’s just what final polls from Data for Progress show: In California, they put Sanders at 32%, Biden at 25%, Bloomberg at 17%, and Warren at 16%. 

The polls similarly show four people with 15% or greater in Texas, Virginia, Massachusetts, Colorado, Tennessee, Minnesota, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Maine, and Utah. And three people might hit 15% in most other states. If these polls turn out to be accurate, this race will definitely not be over after Super Tuesday. 

According to Data for Progress, Sanders leads in California, Colorado, Minnesota, Maine, Utah, and Vermont. Biden leads in Texas, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Warren leads in Massachusetts. By the end of the evening, we’ll be getting an idea of how the voting actually went—though in some cases, particularly California, it will be days before we have final results.

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