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| US voters set for Super Tuesday |
| Voters in 24 US states are set to go to the polls in primaries and caucuses on Super Tuesday - the biggest day in the presidential nominating race so
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-February-2008
1:30:47 AM |
| The states will account for over half the delegates who will formally choose the candidates for November's election.
The Republican race, in which John McCain is leading his main challenger, Mitt Romney, may be decided on Tuesday.
But Democratic rivals Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are so close that this contest is set to go further.
Both parties' presidential hopefuls spent Monday jetting across the US in last-minute campaigning ahead of the crucial primaries and caucuses.
In three states, only the Democratic Party is involved, and in two, only the Republican Party. In the other 19, which together account for nearly half the US population, both parties are in action.
Scramble for delegates
The BBC's James Coomarasamy in Washington says that in what seems like the blink of an eye, a sprawling, multi-candidate presidential race has shrunk and transformed itself into an intense and highly focused one.
In both the Republican and Democratic contests, it now comes down to a scramble for delegates on what is, without doubt, the most significant day of the campaign so far, our correspondent says.
On the Republican side, it could also be the decisive one, he adds.
Nine of the states holding their Republican primaries, including big states such as New York and New Jersey, have a winner-takes-all system.
Whoever gets the most voters in those states is awarded all of their delegates to the party's convention, where the candidate who wins more than 1,191 votes becomes the nominee for the presidential election.
A national poll for the Washington Post and ABC showed Mr McCain well ahead of his rivals. The Arizona senator had 48% against Mr Romney's 24%, with Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul trailing far behind.
A Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll gave Mr McCain double digit leads over Mr Romney in New York, New Jersey and Missouri, although the former Massachusetts governor was ahead 40% to 32% in California.
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