What is Super Tuesday and why is it so important?

This Tuesday is a key date in US presidential election, when Democrats and Republicans in 12 states will choose their presidential candidates.

But on the ballot Tuesday, you’ll find Martin O’Malley, Michael Steinberg, Keith Judd, Roque Rocky De La Fuente and Star Locke.

Recently, Roanoke City Council approved the redistricting of voting precincts in order to even out the amount of voters in each precinct. American Samoa also is holding a Democratic Party nominating caucus that day.

Both states have a presidential preference primary or “open primary”, in which registered voters can choose one party’s ballot at the polls.

While five GOP contenders are still running, the ballot will list the 13 candidates who qualified in December. The number of delegates and how they are selected varies from state to state.

Colorado Republicans and Democrats are gathering for caucus meetings to elect delegates that will eventually determine who gets on the ballot in their party from county commissioner races to president of the United States.

Those who are 17 years old now but will be 18 on during the General Election on November 8 may vote in the Primary if they already registered with the State Office of Elections. Ted Cruz, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. A Republican candidate needs 1,237 delegates to secure the nomination and a Democratic candidate needs 2,383 to secure the nomination.

Super Tuesday will probably not decide the race for Republicans, because of the number of candidates still in the race.

There are 595 delegates up for grabs in 11 states.

Clinton is scheduled to speak Monday in northern Virginia, home to wealthier, more liberal voters, and in Hampton Roads, which has a high concentration of African-American voters. So if Hillary Clinton were to get two-thirds of the vote Tuesday, and Bernie Sanders one third, the division of delegates would be proportionate.

“It is particularly important this year”, Secretary of State Steve Simon said of the caucuses, because Minnesota’s rare connection with other Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses gives tonight’s meetings more meaning. Caucuses in Alaska, Colorado and Minnesota, and Republicans only in North Dakota and Wyoming. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen.

A new CNN/ORC poll shows Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are ahead in their respective Republican and Democratic contests.