– Times/delegates in play –
Most of the polling places open between 7am and 8am local time across US eastern and central time zones and close between 7pm and 9pm.
In Alaska, caucuses finish around 0500 GMT Wednesday.
About a quarter of all delegates doled out during the primary process will be up for grabs.
Texas has the largest number of delegates in play (222 on the Democratic side and 155 on the Republican side.) Alaska and Vermont have the fewest.
Primaries and caucuses serve to elect delegates to national Democratic and Republican conventions where a party’s presidential candidate is chosen ahead of the November elections.
The Republican National Convention will be held July 18-21 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Democratic National Convention takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 25-28.
For Republicans, the first candidate to reach 1,237 delegates out of 2,472 will get the party’s nomination.
On the Democratic side, the support of at least 2,382 delegates out of 4,763 is needed.
– Who’s leading? –
Four states have voted up until now – Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
Billionaire real estate magnate Donald Trump leads the Republican field, having pocketed New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. Iowa went to rival Ted Cruz, a senator from Texas.
Former first lady and secretary of state Hillary Clinton leads rival Bernie Sanders after victories in Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina. Sanders, a senator from Vermont, won in New Hampshire.
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