JANUARY 30, 2020: More than 4,000 delegates ([link removed]) will attend the Democratic National Convention in July to select their party’s presidential nominee. The process of selecting the delegates begins Monday when the Iowa caucuses will select 41 pledged delegates. That’s just under 1% of the total.
In the weeks that follow, 24 delegates will be selected in New Hampshire, 36 in Nevada, and 54 in South Carolina. After that slow start in February, a total of 1,357 delegates ([link removed]) will be selected on Super Tuesday (March 3). By March 17, more than 60% of all the delegates will have been selected. The process, though, will continue until June.
In prior years, the early state voting was considered significant despite the small number of delegates actually selected. Winners often gained momentum while other candidates dropped out. However, this year early voting means that many Super Tuesday votes ([link removed]) could be cast before the results are known from the early states. It is unclear how that will impact the race for the nomination.
A total of 1,990 pledged delegates ([link removed]) are needed to win the nomination on the first ballot.
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