Super Tuesday, 2008

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United States presidential primary election day political event

Super Tuesday, 2008 was a pivotal multi-state U.S. primary election day during the 2008 presidential race, when a large number of Democratic and Republican contests were held simultaneously and significantly shaped the nomination battles.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Super Tuesday, 2008 canonical 4
Super Duper Tuesday 1
Super Tuesday Democratic primaries 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential primary election day ⓘ
political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ
surface form: Super Duper Tuesday

Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ
surface form: Super Tuesday II

Tsunami Tuesday ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 2008-02-05 ⓘ
effectOnDemocraticRace left Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in a close delegate contest ⓘ
effectOnRepublicanRace helped John McCain emerge as Republican frontrunner ⓘ
hadMajorDemocraticCandidates Barack Obama ⓘ
Hillary Clinton ⓘ
hadMajorRepublicanCandidates John McCain ⓘ
Mike Huckabee ⓘ
Mitt Romney ⓘ
Ron Paul ⓘ
inElectionCycle 2008 U.S. presidential election cycle ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone multiple U.S. time zones ⓘ
notableFor large number of delegates at stake ⓘ
pivotal role in 2008 nomination races ⓘ
simultaneous Democratic and Republican primaries and caucuses ⓘ
numberOfDemocraticContests 24 ⓘ
numberOfRepublicanContests 21 ⓘ
numberOfStatesHoldingContests 24 ⓘ
partOf 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 ⓘ
surface form: 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries

2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
partyInvolved Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
tookPlaceIn Alabama ⓘ
Alaska ⓘ
American Samoa ⓘ
Arizona ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Colorado ⓘ
Connecticut ⓘ
Delaware ⓘ
Democrats Abroad ⓘ
District of Columbia ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New Mexico ⓘ
New York ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
typeOfContests caucuses ⓘ
primaries ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 → notableEvent → Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 → majorEvent → Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ
Democratic primaries → includes → Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Super Tuesday Democratic primaries
Super Tuesday, 2008 → alsoKnownAs → Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Super Tuesday II
Super Tuesday, 2008 → alsoKnownAs → Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Super Duper Tuesday
Florida Republican primary, 2008 → followedBy → Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ
Florida Republican primary, 2008 → tookPlaceBefore → Super Tuesday, 2008 ⓘ