Expectations for Colorado Caucus

Bernie Sanders won his home state of Vermont in the first results of the Super Tuesday elections, the biggest day in the primary campaign. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary with overwhelming support from African-Americans, women, and older voters, exit polls show.

This is a technical thing, but when you vote in the primary, you’re not directly voting for a candidate.

Clinton organized early and lined up the backing of most state Democratic Party leaders, while Sanders intensified his campaign in the weeks leading to Colorado’s nonbinding caucuses.

In Fairfax, in the state’s north, Mrs Clinton tried to woo the youth vote as she spoke to students at George Mason University. The first was the Iowa caucus (a much more complicated concept), followed by New Hampshire, Nevada and SC.

Thirteen states and one territory participate in the vote: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming and American Samoa. We should be getting results Tuesday night from all of those states except for the Republican votes in Wyoming and Colorado, according to NPR, as their votes won’t be done yet. The Democratic and Republican parties collect and release results of these preference polls.

Republican and Democratic candidates must hit a magic number of delegates to win their party’s nomination, and run in general election in the fall. So, yeah, Super Tuesday makes up a sizable chunk. They are required to vote along with the rest of the delegates based on the outcome of their state party elections. Independent voters now vastly outnumber Republicans and Democrats here and many are under the age of 35, and Colorado has the second fastest growing millennial population in the country.

Four in 10 voters were under age 45, and Sanders and Clinton roughly split that vote. I know, I know, it’s insane.

The Democrats also have a special category of operative called the “super delegate” included in those totals.

The Alaska GOP Presidential Preference Poll will be Tuesday from 3 to 8 p.m. We’ll update this list as the winners are announced.

This isn’t the end of the line for nominees, but it’s for sure a big moment.

Clinton supporters gather in Miami to celebrate her victories in the Georgia and Virginia primaries on Super Tuesday. Donald Trump has dominated the Republican contest, as a central, albeit controversial figure, able to galvanise disaffected right-leaning voters. But the Colorado GOP didn’t want its delegates to be bound to a candidate they didn’t support, in case that candidate didn’t make it all the way to the convention. If you’re not registered to vote or are registered as unaffiliated, you’re out of luck.