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Headline Roundup March 3rd, 2020

Preview: Super Tuesday 2020

Summary from the AllSides News Team

About a third of the delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination are up for grabs on Super Tuesday in 14 states and one territory. Super Tuesday can shape the remaining months of primaries by giving one candidate an insurmountable lead. 1,991 delegates are needed to clinch the nomination at the Democratic National Convention in July.

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Why Super Tuesday could leave Democrats even more unsettled as Biden tries to stop Sanders' momentum
Why Super Tuesday could leave Democrats even more unsettled as Biden tries to stop Sanders' momentum

Fox News Digital

News

On the eve of Super Tuesday, a confident Joe Biden glanced back to his landslide victory in South Carolina over the weekend and looked ahead to what he thinks will be a very good night. The former vice president told supporters in Houston that "we won in South Carolina, and weโ€™ll win in Texas tomorrow.โ€

Texas is the second biggest prize on Super Tuesday โ€“ when a third of all Democratic presidential nomination delegates are up for grabs. Fourteen states from coast to coast hold primaries on a single day.

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What to watch as 14 states vote in Super Tuesday primaries
What to watch as 14 states vote in Super Tuesday primaries

Associated Press

News

The Democratic presidential candidates are racing toward the biggest day on the primary calendar, when 14 states vote on Super Tuesday. Itโ€™s the day when the primary moves from retail to wholesale. Instead of one state voting at a time, candidates have to focus on contests in every region of the country with all types of voters.

While Super Tuesday wonโ€™t necessarily determine who wins the nomination, it has historically been difficult for a candidate who performs poorly on the day to recover. Hereโ€™s a look at Tuesdayโ€™s contests: THE...

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Super Tuesday, explained
Super Tuesday, explained

Vox

Analysis

Itโ€™s the first day with a whole lot of delegates at stake, and it will shape the future of the contest.

The first day of the Democratic contest that really matters for the cold, hard delegate math โ€” Super Tuesday โ€” is almost here.

Tuesday, March 3, will be enormously important because itโ€™s the first day that a lot of the delegates necessary to win the nomination are at stake, and the biggest delegate day overall. A total of 14 states and one territory โ€” including California and Texas, the...

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