The Democratic presidential race is about to floor the accelerator.
Super Tuesday is here and up for grabs are more than one-third of the delegates needed to win the nomination.
The basics are simple: Fourteen states plus American Samoa will vote on Super Tuesday, with some 1,338 Democratic convention delegates up for grabs. But the impact is consequential.
This year’s Super Tuesday haul is more than a third of all convention delegates, which means results tonight could determine whether any of the remaining candidates can glide to the Democratic nomination — or if a rocky convention awaits.


