Georgia Scheduled Its Presidential Primary, And It’s Three Weeks After Super Tuesday

Georgia’s Secretary of State has scheduled the presidential primary for 2020: March 24.

The big national primary day is known as Super Tuesday, the first week of March when many states hold simultaneous elections. There were about a dozen on that day in 2016. Georgia used to be among them, but next year’s date is three weeks later.

Terry Greer, who teaches political science at Clark Atlanta University, said Georgia’s primary being held later in 2020 could mean less turnout because it won’t benefit from the national press around Super Tuesday.