thumb|300px|2008년 2월 5일 슈퍼 화요일 예비 선거 실시 지역. <font color="Red">'''빨강'''</font>은 공화당(2 주)만, <font color="Blue">'''파랑'''</font>은 민주당(3 주), <font color="Purple">'''보라'''</font>는 두 당 모두(19 주)의 선거가 실시되는 곳이다.

'''슈퍼 화요일'''은 미합중국의 대통령 선거에서 가장 큰 규모의 2008년 미국 대선에서는 2008년 2월 5일이다. 24개주와 미국령 사모아에서 당대회(코커스)혹은 예비선거가 열리며 또한 1주 기간 동안 열리는 민주당의 해외 거주자를 위한 글로벌 예비선거도 이 날짜에 같이 열린다.

== 일정 ==
민주당, 공화당이다. 

'''슈퍼 화요일'''이 다가옴에 따라 후보들은 광고 등 선거전에 열을 올렸다. 특히 선거인단이 많은 캘리포니아, 뉴욕 그리고 뉴저지에서의 승부가 결정적 역할을 하게 된다.

== 선거인단 ==

=== 민주당 ===
민주당 당규에 따르면 모든 선거인단은 비례적 대표이다. 최소 15%를 차지하여야만 최소 대표인을 가질 수 있다. 총 1688명의 선거인단이 슈퍼 화요일에 결정된다. 2008년의 경우 경선의 승리를 위해서는 최소 2025석이 필요하다. 민주당의 경우, 전당대회에 보낼 7명의 대의원을 선출하는 ‘전지구적 당원경선’(이른바 ‘글로벌 프라이머리’, Democrats Abroad Global Primary)을 2월 12일까지 일주일간 전세계 33개국에서 실시하였고, 한국시간 2월 15일 현재 그 개표가 진행 중이다.

=== 공화당 ===
공화단은 비례대표를 채택하고 있지 않으나 각 주에서 선택 과정 속에서 결정하도록 하고 있다. 총 1069명의 선거인단이 슈퍼화요일에 결정된다. 2008년의 경우 승리를 위해서는 최소 1191석이 필요하다.
== 2008년 결과 ==
색과 선거인단확보 기준은 CNN 선거방송 기준이다.
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! State !! 민주당 승자!! 득표율 !! 선거인단 !! 공화당 승자!! 득표율 !! 선거인단 !! 비고
|-
! [[버락 오바마 !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 56% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 20 !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 마이크 허커비 !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 41% !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| !! 
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 75% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 9 !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 미트 롬니 !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| !!
|-
! [[힐러리 클린턴 !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 57% !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 2 !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!
|-
! [[힐러리 클린턴 !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 51% !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 26 !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 존 매케인!!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 48% !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 50 !! 공화 독식제
|-
! [[힐러리 클린턴 !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 73% !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 23 !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 마이크 허커비!!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 62% !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| !!
|-
! [[힐러리 클린턴!! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 53% !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 42 !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 존 매케인!!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 44% !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| !! 
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 67% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 19 !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 미트 롬니!!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 57% !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| !!
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 51% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 26 !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 존 매케인!!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 52%  !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 27 !! 공화 독식제
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 53% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 9 !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 존 매케인!!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 45%  !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 18 !! 공화 독식제
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 67% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 35 !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 마이크 허커비!!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 34% !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 69 !! 공화 독식제
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 79% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 15 !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 65% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 83 !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 존 매케인!!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 47% !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| !!
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 74% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 23 !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!
|-
! 힐러리 클린턴 !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 56% !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 54 !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| [[미트 롬니!!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 51% !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| !!
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 67% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 48 !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 미트 롬니!!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 42% !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| !!
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 49% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 36 !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 존 매케인!!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 33% !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 58 !! 공화 독식제
|-
! !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| [[미트 롬니!!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 38% !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 25 !! 
|-
! 힐러리 클린턴 !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 54% !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 51 !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| [[존 매케인!!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 55% !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 52 !! 공화 독식제
|-
!뉴멕시코 주 (C) !!style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 힐러리 클린턴 !!style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 49% !!style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 13 !!style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| !!style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| !!style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| !!
|-
! 힐러리 클린턴 !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 57% !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 127 !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| [[존 매케인!!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 51% !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 101 !! 공화 독식제
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 61% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 8 !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 미트 롬니!!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 36% !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 8 !!
|-
! 힐러리 클린턴 !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 55% !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 24 !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| [[존 매케인!!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 37% !!style="background-color: #E0D060;"| 32 !!
|-
! 힐러리 클린턴 !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 54% !! style="background-color: #DDA0DD;"| 34 !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| [[마이크 허커비!!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 34% !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 21 !!
|-
! [[버락 오바마!!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 57% !!style="background-color: #B0C4DE;"| 14 !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 미트 롬니!!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 88% !!style="background-color: #E48282;"| 36 !! 공화 독식제
|-
! !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #C4C4C4;"| !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| [[마이크 허커비!!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 52% !!style="background-color: #82C482;"| 18 !! 공화 독식제
|}

thumb|320px|Twenty-four states held caucuses or primary elections on Super Tuesday, 2008. Blue denotes <font color="Blue">'''Democratic-only contests'''</font> (3), red denotes <font color="Red">'''Republican-only contests'''</font> (2), and purple represents <font color="Purple">'''contests for both parties'''</font> (19). Note: [[American Samoa (not shown) is Democratic only.]]

'''Super Tuesday 2008''', '''Super Duper Tuesday''',<ref name="ICABOAcnn" /><ref name="CPMCSDTcnn" /><ref name="IJCOSDTct" /><ref name="GMICTSTst" /> '''Mega Tuesday''',<ref></ref> '''Giga Tuesday''',<ref></ref> '''Tsunami Tuesday''',<ref>
{{cite web
 | author = Chuck Todd
 | title = Will Tsunami Tuesday be an Afterthought?
 | publisher = MSNBC
 | date = 2007-05-10
 | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18593870/
 | accessdate = 2008-01-16 }}
</ref> and '''The Tuesday of Destiny'''<ref></ref> are names for U.S. presidential primary elections in the history of U.S. primaries were held.<ref name="SJFPPbbc">
{{cite web
 | last = Greene
 | first = Richard Allen
 | title = States jostle for primary power
 | publisher = BBC News
 | date = 2007-05-30
 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6501241.stm
 | accessdate = 2007-06-03 }}
</ref> Twenty-four states and caucuses or primary elections for one or both parties on this date.<ref>
{{cite web
 | title = Presidential primary and caucus dates
 | publisher = Pew Research Center
 | date = 2007-08-30
 | work = Stateline.org
 | pages = 1
 | format = PDF
 | url = http://archive.stateline.org/flash-data/Primary/2008_presidential_primaries.pdf
 | accessdate = 2007-08-31 }}
</ref> Furthermore, the week-long Democrats Abroad Global Primary began on this day.

The large number of states that held elections on delegates awarded by early February 2008. By comparison, only about 1% of nominating convention delegates had been selected by that point in the 2000 election cycle.<ref name="MSSSPIRbg">
{{Citation
 | last = Mooney
 | first = Brian C.
 | date = 2007-08-21
 | title = Michigan set to send slate of primaries into revision
 | newspaper = The Boston Globe
 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/08/21/michigan_set_to_send_slate_of_primaries_into_revision/
 | accessdate = 2007-08-31 }}
</ref><ref>
{{Citation
 | last = Balz
 | first = Dan
 | author-link = Dan Balz
 | date = 2008-01-15
 | title = Feb. 5 Primaries to Pose A Super Test of Strategy
 | periodical = The Washington Post
 | pages = A01
 | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402926_pf.html
 | accessdate = 2008-01-22 }}
</ref>  It was held approximately one month before Super Tuesday II.

==Names and prior election cycles==
The name Super Duper Tuesday is a reference to earlier Super Tuesdays, which have always been the date on which the largest number of primaries were held. The term Super Duper Tuesday has been repeatedly re-coined to refer to even more states holding their primaries on this date, with the first recorded usage so far found dating back to 1985.<ref>
{{cite web
 | last = Barrett
 | first = Grant
 | authorlink = Grant Barrett
 | title = Double-Tongued Dictionary entry for Super-Duper Tuesday
 | date = 2007-03-29
 | url = http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/super_duper_tuesday/
 | accessdate = 2008-01-28 }}</ref> In 2004, Super Tuesday was on March 2.<ref name="ICABOAcnn">
{{cite web
 | last = Schneider
 | first = Bill
 | authorlink = Bill Schneider (journalist)
 | title = It could all be over after 'Super Duper Tuesday'
 | publisher = CNN
 | date = 2007-02-07
 | url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/05/schneider.superduper.tuesday/index.html
 | accessdate = 2007-06-03 }}
</ref>
In 2004, the equivalent cohort of primaries, on February 3 2004, was called Mini-Tuesday—only seven states held their primaries on that date.

On Mike Murphy.

Super Tuesday fell on major tornado outbreak that killed 58 people.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/02/05/tornado.bad.weather/index.html Severe weather kills 23 in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee - CNN.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Scheduling==

thumb|right|Former Democratic candidate [[Hillary Clinton campaigning at Augsburg College in  Minneapolis, Minnesota, two days before the twenty-two state vote.]]
As of February 2007, eight states planned to hold Democrats, Oklahoma, Republicans<sup>‡</sup>.<ref name="ICABOAcnn"/><ref name="CPMCSDTcnn"></ref> However to increase their importance in the candidate selection process, several states moved up their contests, which some pundits criticized as being "pure self-interest."<ref name="SJFPPbbc" />

The following states changed their elections to February 5: Alaska,<ref name="GAJFFLFnyt">
</ref> Arizona,<ref name="EPBASWads">

</ref><ref name="ACICfnc"></ref> Georgia,<ref name="GAJFFLFnyt" /> Idaho Democrats,<ref>
</ref> Illinois,<ref name="IJCOSDTct">
{{Citation
 | last = Rick
 | first = Pearson
 | publication-date = 2007-06-21
 | title = Illinois joins crush on Super Duper Tuesday
 | newspaper = Chicago Tribune
 | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-primary21jun21,1,2652555.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
 | accessdate = 2007-06-21 }}
</ref> Kansas Democrats<sup>†</sup>,<ref name="SBSPACAbg">
{{cite web
 | title = State-by-state primary and caucus schedule
 | work = Campaign 2008
 | publisher = The Boston Globe
 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/primaries/
 | accessdate = 2007-06-03 }}
</ref> Massachusetts,<ref>
{{Citation
 | last = Maguire
 | first = Ken
 | publication-date = 2007-11-20
 | title = Presidential Primary Appears Moving To February
 | newspaper = The Boston Globe
 | publication-place = Boston, Massachusetts
 | volume = 122
 | issue = 155
 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/11/20/presidential_primary_appears_moving_to_february/
 | accessdate = 2007-08-31 }}
</ref> Minnesota,<ref name="GMICTSTst">
{{Citation
 | last = von Sternberg
 | first = Bob
 | publication-date = 2007-07-11
 | title = GOP moves its caucuses to Super Tuesday 2008 to gain national clout
 | newspaper = Star Tribune
 | publication-place = Minneapolis, Minnesota
 | url = http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1296474.html
 | accessdate = 2007-08-06 }}
</ref> Montana Republicans<sup>§</sup>,<ref name=Montana>
{{Citation
 | last = Johnson
 | first = Charles
 | publication-date = 2007-12-27
 | title = GOP Officials Outline How New Caucus Will Work
 | newspaper = Missoulian
 | publication-place = Missoula, Montana
 | url = http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/12/27/news/mtregional/news09.txt
 | accessdate = 2008-01-02 }}
</ref> New Jersey,<ref>
{{Citation
 | last = Smothers
 | first = Ronald
 | publication-date = 2007-02-27
 | title = New Jersey Moves to Join Early Presidential Primaries
 | newspaper = The New York Times
 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/nyregion/27primary.html?ex=1181016000&en=e49b961a88c31b57&ei=5070
 | accessdate = 2007-06-03 }}
</ref> New York,<ref>
{{cite web
 | title = New York legislature votes to move up primary
 | work = Political Ticker
 | publisher = CNN
 | date = 2007-03-21
 | url = http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/03/new-york-legislature-votes-to-move-up.html
 | accessdate = 2007-06-03 }}
</ref> and Tennessee.<ref>
{{Citation
 | last = Dries
 | first = Bill
 | publication-date = 2007-08-17
 | title = Repubs and Dems Fix On 5 February as State Primary Date
 | newspaper = The Daily News
 | publication-place = Memphis, Tennessee
 | volume = 122
 | issue = 155
 | url = http://www.memphisdailynews.com/Editorial/StoryLead.aspx?id=98540
 | accessdate = 2007-08-31 }}</ref>

In an attempt to keep states from moving their primary or caucus elections even earlier, the Michigan and Florida of all pledged convention delegates.<ref></ref> The Republican National Committee has reduced by half the number of convention delegates from five states: Wyoming, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, and Michigan.<ref></ref>

===Response===
Advocates for earlier elections point out that voters could have fewer candidates to select from with a later contest, because candidates who do not fare well in the early primaries and caucuses often drop out. Likewise, presidential campaigns spend "big bucks" on advertising, hotel rooms, and campaign staff, which can be an economic boon to states holding earlier elections.<ref name="EPBASWads" />

Critics of the earlier polling date claim it will compress the primary campaign cycle down to a three week national campaign where only financially well-off candidates can compete. CNN political pundit Bill Schneider states:

<blockquote>Those states may move up on the calendar because they want a cut of the action. They want less attention paid to small states like Iowa and New Hampshire and more attention paid to big, diverse states like Florida and California. To run in those big states, you need big money and national name recognition. Obscure contenders need not apply.<ref name="ICABOAcnn" /></blockquote>

Others indicate it will ultimately leave voters out of the process. In a BBC News interview, William F. Galvin, the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth said:

<blockquote>The people who are being left out of this are the voters, especially those who aren't active in party affairs&nbsp;... There won't be enough time for voters to focus on these candidates.<ref name="SJFPPbbc" /></blockquote>