Super Tuesday has taken on the moniker SEC primary, a reference to the college football’s Southeastern Conference, because of the many southern states at play: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
But other March contests will test the candidates in different ways, such as primaries in Massachusetts and Vermont, both states where Republicans are marginalized but that feature strong conservative currents. Minnesota has a caucus that rewards field organizing, while Alaska is so remote that few candidates have campaigned there.
Securing the nomination is a matter of accumulating delegates, and exponentially more are up for grabs on March 1, 595 total, than in the four early states, which together have only 133 delegates, according to figures provided by the Republican National Committee.
Super Tuesday delegates are awarded proportionally, many of them by congressional district. This gives lower-tier candidates an opportunity to pick up delegates without winning the states outright, so long as their vote totals meet the minimum thresholds, which vary by state from 5 percent to 20 percent.
Most elections until April will be awarded proportionally, but some will be Winner-Take-All.
2016 GOP Presidential Primary/Caucus Calendar
February
Monday, February 1: Iowa Caucuses
Tuesday, February 9: New Hampshire Primary
Saturday, February 20: South Carolina Primary
Tuesday, February 23: Nevada Caucuses
March
Tuesday, March 1:
Alabama Primary
Alaska Caucus
Arkansas Primary
Colorado Caucus
Georgia Primary
Massachusetts Primary
Minnesota Caucus
North Dakota Caucus
Oklahoma Primary
Tennessee Primary
Texas Primary
Vermont Primary
Virginia Primary
Wyoming Caucus
Saturday, March 5:
Kansas Caucus
Kentucky Caucus
Louisiana Primary
Maine Caucus
Sunday, March 6:
Maine Caucuses
Puerto Rico
Tuesday, March 8:
American Samoa Caucus
Hawaii Caucus
Idaho Primary
Michigan Primary
Mississippi Primary
Saturday, March 12:
Guam Caucus
Virgin Islands Caucus
Washington, DC Caucus
Sunday, March 13:
Puerto Rico
Tuesday, March 15:
Florida Primary (Winner-Take-All)
Illinois Primary (Winner-Take-All)
Missouri Primary
North Carolina Primary
Northern Mariana Islands Caucus (Winner-Take-All)
Ohio Primary (Winner-Take-All)
Saturday, March 19:
Virgin Islands Convention (Winner-Take-All)
Tuesday, March 22:
American Samoa Convention
Arizona Primary (Winner-Take-All)
Utah Caucus (online voting begins March 15)
The dates listed are subject to change.
CLICK HERE for state's delegate count.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
2 comments:
I'm pretty sure that all primaries held March 15 and in the remainder of March may also be winner-take-all. Florida's is definitely winner-take-all and it is March 15.
I updated the post with the latest info. 6 are winner-take-all and 4 are proportional.
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