Countdown to Democratic nomination
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A series of primaries and caucuses in every U.S. state and territory narrow the field of Democrats running for president until just one gains enough delegates to clinch the nomination in July
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TOTAL DELEGATES: 3,979
REQUIRED TO WIN: 1,990

Segment size by number of delegates

Super Tuesday: 14 states* award 1,357 pledged delegates – over one-third of total. 

California voting earlier than  previously

July 13-16: Democratic National Convention  Milwaukee, Wisconsin

March 3: SUPER TUESDAY

FEB
lowa (IA): 41 delegates NH24 NV36 SC54

MARCH
AL52 A.Samoa 6 AR31 CA415 CO67 Dems Abroad 13 ME24 MA91 MN75 NC110 OK37 TN64 TX228 UT29 VT16 VA99 ID20 MI125 MS36 MO68 ND14 WA89 Northern Marianas 6 AZ67 FL219 IL155 OH136 GA105 Puerto Rico 51 AK15 HI24 LA54 WY14 WI84 CT60 DE21 MD96 NY274 PA186 RI26 

MAY
Guam 7 KS39 NE29 IN82 WV28 KY54 OR61

If front-runner has fewer than 50% delegates, convention holds second ballot where 771 “superdelegates” also vote. Simple majority of all 4,750 delegates needed to secure nomination

*Plus American Samoa and Democrats Abroad
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Sources: Democratic Party, Ballotpedia.org  © GRAPHIC NEWS