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The Run-Up

Everything You Need to Know About Super Tuesday

The Run-Up

The New York Times

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It’s Super Tuesday. That means that people in 15 states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia) and one territory (American Samoa) are going to the polls. Usually, Super Tuesday is one of the biggest dates on the primary calendar — a day when a lot of people across the country make their voices heard. This year is different. There’s no reason to believe that today’s results will alter the seemingly inevitable rematch between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump. But there are noteworthy primaries in contests that could matter for control of the House and Senate and in important governor races. Today: Amy Walter, the publisher and editor in chief of The Cook Political Report, previews the Super Tuesday races worth watching.

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Hey,

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thank you for coming. I really appreciate this. I'm pumped for it.

0:05.0

Yeah, okay, we're going to try to make Super Tuesday not feel so

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happen.

0:10.0

Yes.

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Today is Super Tuesday.

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So people in 15 states and one territory are going to the polls.

0:18.0

In Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina,

0:27.3

Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and American Samoa.

0:32.4

Usually, Vermont, Virginia, and American Samoa.

0:34.3

Usually, it's one of the biggest days of the political calendar.

0:39.0

But this year, there's nothing to indicate that it'll change the broader picture of the presidential race,

0:44.8

that Trump and Biden are seemingly headed to a rematch. It's a day when a lot of people will make

0:50.0

their voices heard, and there are also important down-ballad primaries happening, and races that could

0:55.7

matter for control of the House, Senate, and governorships. So I called Amy Walter. She's the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report,

1:06.0

which analyzes elections and campaigns.

1:09.0

And she's someone I trust to help me understand what is worth paying attention to this super Tuesday.

1:14.6

You know I was thinking about it today of all right what am I going to be looking

1:20.3

for in some of these states for the presidential contest and look I'm going to be

1:26.3

looking in particular in some of these areas where Mickey Haley has been doing better, which is suburban areas around major metro areas,

1:40.0

or suburban areas that have been trending more Democratic in the last eight years or so.

1:47.2

So we know, for example, in South Carolina, where did she do best?

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