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Tremendous Tuesday within the presidential major cycle is the day when most states vote.
This can be a custom that has developed over the previous few many years as states have shifted their Republican and Democratic primaries on the calendar to extend their clout within the candidate choice course of.
It's a transferring feast — the precise numbers differ every year — however this yr, Tremendous Tuesday contains 15 states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah. , Vermont, Virginia and Alaska (Republicans solely).
One territory, American Samoa, may also vote. We'll additionally discover out the outcomes of the Democratic caucuses in Iowa, which have been held by mail for a number of weeks.
Iowa Republicans held their caucuses in mid-January and outcomes have been launched the identical evening.
By the point Tremendous Tuesday ends, greater than a 3rd of Republican delegates may have been allotted.