Today is Super-Tuesday, a completely American event in which you have no say. So why should you care?
Well there's one very good reason...
Super Tuesday
One step closer to...(01 of10)
Super Tuesday is the day in the presidential primary election season in which the largest number of states hold their primaries or caucuses. Unless Republicans cure themselves of their collective mania, we're one step closer to President Trump.
(02 of10)
Because of the large number of contests, whoever performs well on Super Tuesday generally goes on to secure the nomination for each party.
(03 of10)
Both Republican and Democrat elections are being held in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado (caucus), Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota (caucus), Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia.
(04 of10)
The American Samoa caucus and the primary for Democrats living abroad will just choose a Democrat candidate while in Alaska and Wyoming caucuses, only Republicans will vote.
(05 of10)
Primary elections are simple secret-ballot votes administered by a state or local government. A caucus, by contrast, is run by the state-level political party and involves some element of party activists convincing one another to join their preferred candidate.
(06 of10)
Primaries and caucuses decide the number of delegates each state will back at the two parties’ national conventions this summer. Generally, the candidate with the most delegates will win the nomination.
(07 of10)
This is complicated by two factors. Some states award delegates on a winner-takes-all basis while the Democratic party have "super-delegates" who do not have to listen to voters. This is how Hilary Clinton gained a similar amount of delegates in the New Hampshire primary despite Bernie Sanders' landslide victory.
(08 of10)
Some states have open primaries where voters not affiliated with either party can vote.
(09 of10)
Currently Trump is leading Super Tuesday state polls which is utterly terrifying.
(10 of10)
On the Democratic side of things, Hillary Clinton is projected to do better than Bernie Sanders.