Everything You Need to Know About This Final Democratic Super Tuesday Night
Poll Closing Times, Speech Start Times, Delegates at Stake, More
Today, June 7, voters in six states are heading to the polls to cast their votes in the Democratic primary for either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Three top news organizations Monday night, to the anger of both campaigns, announced Hillary Clinton had secured enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination. Both campaigns have actively been working to ensure voters still make it to the polls today.
Here’s what will happen tonight.
New Jersey:
Polls close at 8 PM EDT. 126 delegates at stake. Latest Real Clear Politics polling average puts Clinton 20.5 points over Sanders.
New Mexico:
Polls close at 9 PM EDT (7 PM Mountain). 34 delegates at stake. Latest poll is from February, put Clinton 14 points over Sanders.
Montana:Â
Polls close at 10 PM EDT (8 PM Mountain). 21 delegates at stake. No recent polling.
South Dakota:
Polls close at 8 PM EDT (7 PM Central, except for Rapid City). 20 delegates at stake. No recent polling.
North Dakota:
Caucuses begin at 8 PM EDT (7 PM Central, except for Dickinson). 18 delegates at stake. No recent polling.
California:Â
Polls close at 11 PM EDT (8PM Pacific). 475 delegates at stake. Latest Real Clear Politics polling average puts Clinton 2 points over Sanders.
Speeches:
Hillary Clinton is scheduled to give a speech at 10 PM EDT from her headquarters in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Bernie Sanders is scheduled to deliver a speech from Santa Monica, starting around midnight EDT. You can watch both speeches live at TIME, and watch Sen. Sanders’ speech live below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R004geOm0L8
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We’ll update this if there’s a video feed for Sec. Clinton’s speech.Â
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