How Super Tuesday came to be |
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(28 Feb 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Derry, New Hampshire – 23 January 2024 1. Various of voters casting ballots ASSOCIATED PRESS Atlanta, Georgia – 26 February 2024 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Barrow, Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “Super Tuesday is the single biggest day of the presidential primary calendar. More states vote on that single day than any other. More delegates are at stake on that day than any other. Iowa and New Hampshire lead off the process for Republicans. South Carolina led off the process for Democrats. But this is the day that can absolutely make or break a campaign particularly competitive years.” ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Miami, Florida – 12 March 1996 3. Various of voting on Super Tuesday ASSOCIATED PRESS 4. AP Graphic of Super Tuesday Map ASSOCIATED PRESS Atlanta, Georgia – 26 February 2024 ++COVERED++ 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Barrow, Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERAED++ “Super Tuesday originated decades ago as several states, a lot of them in the South, sort of banded together to increase their influence in the nominating process in response to sort of the early states having developed so much influence, Iowa and New Hampshire. So this collective of states sort of got together, moved up kind of as the next phase, next major phase of the primary process. It has since evolved into a truly national map that we see today for both parties.” ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Oakland, California – 3 March 2020 6. Sign outside polling center 7. Voter checking in 8. Voter voting ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Homewood, Alabama – 3 March 2020 9. Sign outside polling place 10. Poll workers at work ASSOCIATED PRESS Atlanta, Georgia – 26 February 2024 ++COVERED++ 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Barrow, Associated Press: ++COVERED++ “The Super Tuesday slate is as varied as California, a heavily Democratic state that still has millions of Republicans. So a very important state with a lot of delegates in both parties. Massachusetts, several southern states. One of the most conservative states in the country, in Alabama. Those kinds of places give Super Tuesday that that wide breadth.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Troy, Michigan – 25 February 2024 12. STILL of Nikki Haley at event ASSOCIATED PRESS Oxon Hill, Maryland – 25 February 2024 13. STILL of former President Donald Trump at event ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington – 23 February 2024 14. STILL of President Joe Biden speaking ASSOCIATED PRESS Atlanta, Georgia – 26 February 2024 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Barrow, Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “But what Super Tuesday does is sort of become kind of a transition point, a bridge, if you will, toward a more general election posture where even if a nominating fight is still going, nearly always someone has a pretty clear delegate lead. They may have a rival that's still punching up at them, maybe even able to win some more primaries. But you start to really get the shape of what the fall, summer and fall campaigns are going to look like, who the nominees are going to be and what the issues are that are going to shape that debate.” ++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++ STORYLINE: Voters across several states in the U.S. are preparing to cast their ballots on Super Tuesday, which takes place on Tuesday, March 5th. Associated Press reporter Bill Barrow breaks down the origins of Super Tuesday, and what the day means in the broader view of the 2024 presidential election. The states involved this year stretch from California to Massachusetts and beyond. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d3c3070bb4674d42a991ed2f9b826bf5 |