The Democratic presidential major is between two main days of voting proper now — final week’s six-state extravaganza and March 17’s batch of 4
The Democratic presidential major is between two main days of voting proper now — final week’s six-state extravaganza and March 17’s batch of 4 delegate-rich primaries — which implies that it’s the Northern Mariana Islands’ time to shine.
The tiny US territory within the Pacific is holding its caucuses this Saturday, March 14, beginning at 6 pm native time (four am ET). There are six delegates at stake with two candidates — former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders — nonetheless within the working for the nomination.
Of the 2, Biden is within the strongest place proper now, following a string of wins on Tremendous Tuesday and within the narratively important Michigan primary earlier this week.
Whereas she’s mathematically far out of rivalry for the Democratic nomination, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard can also be nonetheless within the race, and he or she may very well be an element on Saturday. She carried out effectively within the final territory to weigh in on the first (the American Samoa caucuses on Super Tuesday), although she fell in need of a win.
In any case, the caucuses within the Northern Mariana Islands would be the final contest of the first earlier than the race turns to an 11th Democratic primary debate in Washington, DC, on Sunday. The six delegates on supply aren’t an enormous prize, particularly at this point in the race, however with simply two candidates nonetheless competing for the nomination, each delegate helps.
Vox will likely be masking the outcomes of the Northern Mariana Islands caucuses stay on Saturday, in partnership with Resolution Desk.