2016 U.S. Democratic Party presidential primaries - statistics & facts
In the United States electoral system, primaries and caucuses are elections intended to decide each party’s nominee for the election of the President of the United States. They take place in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, usually between late January and mid June of the election year. Some of the most important such electoral events are considered the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries, which are the first to take place and usually garner a lot of media attention. Another notable event in the early stages of the presidential elections is the so-called Super Tuesday, when the greatest number of states organizes elections to select delegates to national conventions, where each party's presidential candidates are nominated.
