Super Tuesday 453899 225318493 2008-07-13T01:52:55Z Senator Palpatine 7357381 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/24.57.140.28|24.57.140.28]] to last version by 99.254.0.82 (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{otheruses4|the primary day|the [[ESPN]] program|Super Tuesday (TV series)}} [[Image:Image-Super Duper Tuesday 2008.svg|thumb|320px|Twenty-four states held [[caucus|caucuses]] or [[United States presidential primary|primary elections]] on [[Super Tuesday (2008)|Super Tuesday, 2008]]. <font color="Blue">'''Blue'''</font> denotes Democratic-only caucuses (3), <font color="Red">'''Red'''</font> illustrates Republican-only contests (2), and <font color="Purple">'''Purple'''</font> represents states holding elections for both parties (19). Notes: [[American Samoa]] (not shown) is Democratic only.]] In the [[United States]], '''Super Tuesday''', in general, refers to the Tuesday in February or March of a [[U.S. presidential election|presidential election]] year when the greatest number of states hold [[United States presidential primary|primary elections]] to select [[delegates]] to [[United States presidential nominating convention|national conventions]] at which each [[Political party|party's]] [[President of the United States|presidential]] [[candidate]]s are officially nominated. More delegates can be won on Super Tuesday than on any other single day of the primary calendar, and, accordingly, candidates seeking the presidency traditionally must do well on this day to secure their party's nomination. In [[2008]], Super Tuesday was [[February 5]]; 24 states held primaries or [[caucus]]es on this date, with 52% of all pledged [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] delegates and 41% of the total [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] delegates at stake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402926_pf.html|title=www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402926_pf.html<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> ==Origins and significance== The phrase "Super Tuesday"<ref>[http://whytuesday.org/answer Why Tuesday?]</ref> has been used to refer to presidential primary elections since at least 1984<ref name="Super Tuesday 1984">{{cite web | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921674,00.html | title = Facing the Fatigue Factor | access date = 2007-02-14 | last = Andersen | first = Kurt | year = 1984 | month = April | publisher = Time Magazine | language = English }}</ref> as dates when a large number of states held presidential primaries. In fact, the 1984 primary season had three "Super Tuesdays," ending with "Super Tuesday III", when [[Walter Mondale]] secured the majority of delegates from the primaries, leading the way for him to take the Democratic nomination.<ref name="Super Tuesday III">{{cite web | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951168,00.html | title = Over the Top, Barely | accessdate = 2007-02-14 | last = Magnuson | first = Ed | year = 1984 | month = June | publisher = Time Magazine | language = English }}</ref> The phrase "Super Tuesday" was next used to describe the primary elections that took place on [[March 8]], [[1988]], in the [[Southern states]] of [[Texas]], [[Florida]], [[Tennessee]], [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Mississippi]], [[Kentucky]], [[Alabama]], and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] leading up to the [[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988 election]] in November. [[Southern Democrats]] came up with the idea of a regional primary in an effort to nominate a moderate candidate who would more closely represent their interests. (Their plan ultimately did not succeed as [[Jesse Jackson]], [[Al Gore]], and [[Michael Dukakis]] split the Super Tuesday primaries, and Dukakis was subsequently nominated.) Since then, the particular states holding primaries on Super Tuesday have varied from year to year. Subsequent "Super Tuesdays" have taken place on [[March 10]], [[1992]]; [[March 12]], [[1996]]; [[March 7]], [[2000]]; and [[March 2]], [[2004]]. In 2000, 16 states held primaries on Super Tuesday, the largest presidential primary [[election]] day in U.S. history. Since Super Tuesday primaries are held in a large number of states from geographically and socially diverse regions of the country, Super Tuesday typically represents a Presidential candidate's first test of national electability. Convincing wins in Super Tuesday primaries have usually propelled candidates to their party's nomination. In [[1992]], after losing earlier primaries, Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] emerged as a candidate "back from the dead" when he convincingly won a number of Southern primaries on Super Tuesday. Clinton ultimately went on to win the Democratic nomination and the presidency. In [[1996]], [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bob Dole]]'s Super Tuesday sweep sealed his bid for the Republican nomination. In [[2000]], approximately 81% of Democratic delegates and 18% of Republican delegates needed to secure nomination were up for grabs on Super Tuesday. That year, Democrat [[Al Gore]] and Republican [[George W. Bush]] cemented their nomination bids with Super Tuesday victories, and both went on to win their parties' nominations. ==Increased participation== To increase importance of their votes, many states have moved up their primaries to [[February 5]], [[2008]]. This new, earlier cohort of primaries and caucuses has thus come to be referred to as "Super Tuesday." (By way of denoting its political magnitude, some pundits have variously dubbed it "Giga Tuesday," "Mega Giga Tuesday," "Tsunami Tuesday" or even "Super Duper Tuesday."<ref name ="ICABOASDTcnn"> {{cite web | last = Schneider | first = Bill | authorlink = Bill Schneider (journalist) | title = It could all be over after 'Super Duper Tuesday' | publisher = [[CNN]] | date = 2007-02-07 | url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/05/schneider.superduper.tuesday/index.html | language = English | accessdate = 2007-06-03 }}</ref> "Super Tuesday" is, however, the nominal term and the one most widely used.) [[Image:Mini-Tuesday 2004.png|thumb|240px|Seven states held caucuses or primary elections on Mini-Tuesday in 2004. <font color="Blue">'''Blue'''</font> denotes Democratic-only contests (4) and <font color="Purple">'''Purple'''</font> represents states that held elections for both parties (3).]] == 2004 == {{Main|Mini-Tuesday}} In 2004, several states moved their presidential contests up to [[February 3]] [[2004]] in order to increase the relative importance of their election results. Ultimately five states held primaries and two held caucuses on this, a date eventually christened ''Mini-Tuesday'' or, alternatively, Super Tuesday I by pundits, with the traditional March Super Tuesday date christened Super Tuesday II, or just simply "Super Tuesday." Arguably, the Roman numeraled names are most consistent with how Super Tuesdays were first christened in 1984, when there were in fact three Super Tuesdays. == 2008 == {{Main|Super Tuesday, 2008|Super Tuesday II, 2008}} In the spring of 2007, 24 states with over half the delegates to the national conventions moved to change their primary dates to [[February 5]] [[2008]], creating the largest "Super Tuesday" to date. Newswriters and political pundits have noted that this will dwarf the Super Tuesday primaries in previous cycles, creating a "Tsunami Tuesday," among other superlatives.<ref name ="ICABOASDTcnn" /> With only four states holding elections on this year's other Super Tuesday of [[March 4]] [[2008]], pundits in those states left behind have noted that "this year, however, Super Tuesday isn't so super."<ref> {{Citation | last = Skolnick | first = David | title = One Valley state legislator tried unsuccessfully to move the Ohio primary to February | newspaper = The Vindicator | place = [[Youngstown, Ohio]] | date = 2007-12-30 | url = http://www4.vindy.com/content/local_regional/371130330062404.php }}</ref> ===Democrats=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! !! [[Hillary Clinton]] !! [[Barack Obama]] |- | Number of contests won on Super Tuesday || 9 || 13 |- | Number of delegates won on Super Tuesday || 834 || 847 |} ===Republicans=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! !! [[John McCain]] !! [[Mitt Romney]] !! [[Mike Huckabee]] !! [[Ron Paul]] |- | Number of states won on Super Tuesday || 9 || 7 || 5 || 0 |- | Number of delegates won on Super Tuesday || 511 || 176 || 147 || 10 |} == References == {{reflist}} {{U.S. presidential primaries}} [[Category:Tuesday]] [[Category:United States presidential primaries]] [[cs:Volební superúterý]] [[da:Super Tuesday]] [[de:Super Tuesday]] [[es:Súper martes]] [[fr:Super Mardi]] [[ko:슈퍼 화요일]] [[it:Super Tuesday]] [[he:יום שלישי הגדול]] [[nl:Super Tuesday]] [[ja:スーパー・チューズデー]] [[pl:Superwtorek]] [[ru:Супервторник]] [[sv:Supertisdagen]] [[vi:Siêu thứ ba]] [[zh:超級星期二]]