I’m fascinated by American politics, so I’ve been following the contest to select a Democratic Party candidate to run against the Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential election in November. A massive field of candidates has been running but the number has recently fallen very quickly and very substantially with Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar pulling out in the last couple of days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far we’ve only had four states voting to determine how they will allocate their delegates at the Democratic National Convention. So, up to now,\u00a0only 155 <\/strong>delegates\u00a0have been awarded. Today – known as Super Tuesday – no less than 14 states are voting and a massive\u00a01,357 delegates (a third of the total) will be distributed. The two most populous, California and Texas, will take part – the former for the first time on Super Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Essentially it is now a contest between Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist, and former Vice-President Joe Biden, the moderate and establishment choice, although mega-spending billionaire Mike Bloomberg will have his name on the ballot papers for the first time and Elizabeth Warren is still running. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I expect Bernie Sanders to confirm his standing as the front runner, but it will be interesting to see if he can secure a commanding lead or if this is going to be as brutal a battle as Sanders versus Hillary Clinton four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n