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Iowa and New Hampshire These two states have led the nation's nominating contests over the past several decades. This year is little exception, with most candidates focusing many of their campaign efforts in these battlegrounds. - Iowa results - New Hampshire results Other Early Battlegrounds The Democratic National Committee has allowed South Carolina and Nevada to hold their contests before Feb. 5. Several other states have decided to grab a share of the spotlight and have moved up their dates as well — some in the face of threats by the national parties to revoke all of their delegates if they do so. - South Carolina results - Florida profile - Michigan results - Nevada results Super Tuesday With more than 20 states lined up on Feb. 5, over 40 percent of each party's delegates will be chosen on this date — the earliest allowed without special exception. California and New York have the most delegates at stake. - California profile - New York profile

Republicans Winner-take-all primary (Closed) 57 delegates at stake National party officials have decided to count only half of the delegates from Florida as a penalty for holding its primary earlier than allowed. All of the remaining 57 delegates will be awarded to the candidate with the most votes statewide. Without the penalty, Florida would allocate 114 delegates to the national convention based on the primary results: 75 of those would be divided among candidates with the most votes in each of the state’s 25 Congressional districts. The district-level delegates would be selected at caucuses held sometime between March and May. The rest of the 39 delegates — 36 at-large delegates and three party officials selected at a party meeting — would be allocated to the candidate with the most votes statewide. Democrats Proportional primary (Closed) 0 delegates at stake National party officials have decided to strip Florida of its delegates as a penalty for holding its primary earlier than al