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#SuperTuesday is upon us, which means the electoral math is about to change. Here are the numbers you need to know: 1/ wired.trib.al/q3jn6BH

14—the number of states casting their ballots today:

Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
+ the territory of American Samoa 2/ #SuperTuesday
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1,357—The number of delegates up for grabs today, just over a third of the total. This is what makes Super Tuesday a potentially make-or-break moment for the remaining candidates. 3/ #SuperTuesday wired.trib.al/q3jn6BH

15%—The share of votes a candidate needs to win to pick up any delegates from either the statewide pool or a given congressional district, per DNC rules. 4/ #SuperTuesday
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1,991—the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination on the first ballot.

If no candidate hits that total by the national convention, all 3,979 pledged delegates become free agents, able to vote for whichever candidate they want. 5/ #SuperTuesday wired.trib.al/q3jn6BH

$463,765,425.29—The amount of money Bloomberg had spent on his campaign as of January. That may sound like a lot, but it is less than 1 percent of his $64.2 billion fortune.

We'll find out today if that cash translates into votes. 6/ #SuperTuesday wired.trib.al/q3jn6BH