Today could end up being more super than the original Super Tuesday! Sure, fewer states are voting, but the results tonight will go a long way toward determining whether Donald Trump can reach the 1,237 delegates necessary to clinch the Republican nomination. And although Hillary Clinton’s place atop the Democratic contest is more secure, a bad night tonight could presage a bad month, as the next few weeks on the Democratic primary calendar include mostly pro-Bernie Sanders states.
Here’s how the night should unfold: We’ll start getting exit poll data from all five states voting today — Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio — at 5 p.m. EDT. Then we’ll spend 2.5 hours both discussing what that data looks like and telling you to mostly ignore it.
At 7:30 p.m. EDT, polls close in Ohio and North Carolina, followed by Florida, Illinois and Missouri 30 minutes later (some polls in Florida close at 7 p.m., but 8 p.m. is the earliest networks will call the state).
For the next several hours, we’ll be diving into all the results, trying to figure out what it all means, and — hopefully — talking to you. We want to hear what you think. So leave a comment. And enjoy!
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