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Oklahoma has held fast to the coveted 5th calendar slot for holding the Presidential Preference Primary Elections. Only 4 select regional 'carve-out states are allowed to hold partisan selection events earlier than Oklahoma. The other side of this issue, is that unlike those four carved out states (Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, & Nevada), Oklahoma does not have exclusive rights to that "Super Tuesday" date.
In fact, some of the largest states in the nation now are crowding in on this "old south" strategy. After Democrats picked a northern liberal in 1984, Southern states whose legislatures were dominated by Democrats, put together a plan to bolster the possibility of a southern conservative Democrat candidate. That's when Oklahoma switched from being a caucus state to a primary election for presidential preference. the idea failed in '88, but in '92 Bill Clinton succeeded. Now there are 7 'old south' states in Super Tuesday, but California (which historically went last) is making the radical shift away from a June primary and joining a total of 13 states. When March 3rd ballot counting is over, 40% of the delegate slots will be spoken for. Texas & California are the big prizes. In the chart below, you'll see the dispersion of delegates and dates that they will be awarded. |
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| Weekly events | Jurisdictions | Delegates this past Week |
Cumulative Delegates |
Delegates Remaining |
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| through Tuesday 4 February 2020 | Iowa (40) | 40 | 2% | 40 | 2% | 2,510 | 98% |
| through Tuesday 11 February 2020 | New Hampshire (22) | 22 | 1% | 62 | 2% | 2,488 | 98% |
| through Tuesday 18 February 2020 | South Carolina (50) | 50 | 2% | 112 | 4% | 2,438 | 96% |
| through Tuesday 25 February 2020 | Nevada (25) | 25 | 1% | 137 | 5% | 2,413 | 95% |
| through Tuesday 3 March 2020 |
Alabama (50); Alaska (28); Arkansas (40); California (172); Colorado (37); Georgia (76); Massachusetts (41); Minnesota (39); North Carolina (71); Oklahoma (43); Tennessee (58); Texas (155); Vermont (17); Virginia (49) |
876 | 34% | 1,013 | 40% | 1,537 | 60% |
| through Tuesday 10 March 2020 |
Hawaii (19); Idaho (32); Kansas (39); Kentucky (46); Louisiana (46); Maine (22); Michigan (73); Mississippi (39); Missouri (54); Ohio (82); Puerto Rico (23); Washington (44) |
519 | 20% | 1,532 | 60% | 1,018 | 40% |
| through Tuesday 17 March 2020 |
Arizona (57); District of Columbia (19); Florida (122); Guam (9); Illinois (67); Northern Marianas (9); Virgin Islands (9); Wyoming (29) |
321 | 13% | 1,853 | 73% | 697 | 27% |
| through Tuesday 24 March 2020 |
American Samoa (9); Utah (40) |
49 | 2% | 1,902 | 75% | 648 | 25% |
| through Tuesday 7 April 2020 |
North Dakota (29); Wisconsin (52) |
81 | 3% | 1,983 | 78% | 567 | 22% |
| through Tuesday 14 April 2020 | |||||||
| through Tuesday 21 April 2020 | New York (95) | 95 | 4% | 2,078 | 81% | 472 | 19% |
| through Tuesday 28 April 2020 |
Connecticut (28); Delaware (16); Maryland (38); Pennsylvania (88); Rhode Island (19) |
189 | 7% | 2,267 | 89% | 283 | 11% |
| through Tuesday 5 May 2020 | Indiana (58) | 58 | 2% | 2,325 | 91% | 225 | 9% |
| through Tuesday 12 May 2020 |
Nebraska (36); West Virginia (34) |
70 | 3% | 2,395 | 94% | 155 | 6% |
| through Tuesday 19 May 2020 | Oregon (28) | 28 | 1% | 2,423 | 95% | 127 | 5% |
| through Tuesday 2 June 2020 |
Montana (27); New Jersey (49); New Mexico (22); South Dakota (29) |
127 | 5% | 2,550 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| through Tuesday 9 June 2020 | |||||||
| through Tuesday 16 June 2020 | |||||||
| through Tuesday 30 June 2020 | |||||||
| Weekly events | Jurisdictions | Delegates this past Week |
Cumulative Delegates |
Delegates Remaining |
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