While the focus is on the “caucus” of Iowa, early voting in California kicked off Monday by sending nearly 15 million ballots to registered voters to the primaries on March 3.
California appears on this key occasion in the Democratic primary after their elections were advanced to coincide with the so-called “supermarte”, in which the Golden State will distribute among its applicants its 415 delegates, the largest number in the entire nation.
Although historically California made this appointment in June, this year advanced the date and joined 13 other states that will hold the vote on March 3, after which nearly 61% of the delegates who will formally elect the Democratic candidate will have been distributed to the White House at the party convention.
In the Republican Party, California also represents the largest swag of delegates, with 172 and will meet on March 3, ahead of Texas, which offers 155.
Early voting means that many voters can cast their vote without knowing the results of the first appointments of the primary process, which in this 2020 correspond to Iowa this Monday, New Hampshire, on February 11; Nevada, on the 22nd, and South Carolina, on the 29th of this month.
They would reduce impact
Despite their low weight in the global primary due to their lower population, these early states can set behavioral trends in the “supermarte”, which is where the bulk of the presidential candidacy is played, but these early voting could Dilute your influence.
VOTERS
Door to door.
The enthusiasm of the volunteers that door-to-door ask their neighbors to go to the “caucus” of Iowa is mixed with accumulated fatigue, empty pizza boxes and cups to overflow with coffee to accumulate energy for the big decision : Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders?
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