Why Super Tuesday is so super

Poll worker, Dollie Scott, center, points the way for voters who cast their ballots on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at E. Rivers Elementary School, in Atlanta.

Republican presidential hopefuls hoping to one day knock President Obama out of office spent Tuesday criss-crossing the country in competition for more than 400 delegates.

But why should we care about Super Tuesday if the local GOP has already made up its mind in Saturday’s caucuses?

“This is like the playoffs for political nerds,” explained David Boze. “This is the moment where usually, candidates fall off. Some people are going to be left in the dust and they won’t be able to continue.”

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However, Boze said this year is a little different because this Super Tuesday doesn’t include as many states as in the past. It’s likely some of the candidates will continue on despite a clear defeat.

“There are more delegates at stake today than there have been in the previous elections, so far.”

So far, 353 delegates have been won; Romney, 203; Santorum, 92; Gingrich, 33; Paul, 25.

This one day of voting can eat up millions of dollars in TV advertising. When it comes to commercials, Romney and his campaign’s supporters have outgunned the rest of the field.

Restore Our Future, a political action committee that backs Romney, had spent about $5.5 million in Super Tuesday states by the end of last week, according to data The Associated Press obtained from media buyers.

One of those Super states is Ohio with 63 delegates.

“It’s a Midwestern state, no Republican has won the presidency without winning Ohio,” explained Boze.

He said the key is to look at how the last minute voters are casting ballots. Some of the final deciders could change their minds about Mitt Romney and throw their support to Rick Santorum.

Listen LIVE to David Boze’s analysis on AM 770 The Truth from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. and then again from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on 97.3 KIRO FM.