How to Watch Live Results for Super Tuesday 2016

Super Tuesday is the first day of multiple-state voting in the 2016 election.

As voters head to the polls Super Tuesday over 600 Republican and 800 Democratic delegates are up for grabs. While Minnesota, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Vermont, and MA are holding both Republican and Democratic primaries and caucuses.

Twelve states will either vote or caucus – and Alaska will only have a Republican caucus.

It’s not called Super Tuesday for nothing.

In addition to this, the candidates who win on Super Tuesday tend to go on to win their party’s nomination, as seen previously in the case of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, John McCain and Mitt Romney – though the pattern doesn’t always follow for winning their place in the White House.

Trump has clinched the most delegates so far in the race, has an endorsement from former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and many believe he’s the favorite to win in Alaska on Tuesday.

That one day offers almost half, 48 percent, of what’s needed to win for Republicans – more than a third, 36 percent, for Democrats.

Local Democrats will choose between former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, US Senator, Bernie Sanders, or California businessman Roque “Rocky” De la Fuentes. During this vote each candidate is vying for around a quarter of all delegates – 595. She claimed that “time has been against us”, though the candidate is expected to do well in his home state of Vermont. Winners will be represented by pledged Alaska delegates at the Republican national convention in Cleveland, Ohio during July.

Political analysts highlight the fact that Trump is leading nationally with 49 percent of Republican support compared with his leading opponents, Marco Rubio who garned just 16 percent and Ted Cruz who has 15 percent, making it likely he will defeat competition in the upcoming primaries.