This is what the biggest day of the primary season looks like

Candidates fight for votes in 12 states on Super Tuesday.
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Voters on Tuesday showed support for their favorite candidates in 12 states across the country. 

The Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses have been called the most critical day leading up to the presidential nominations.  


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Voters line up to cast their ballots on Super Tuesday March 1, 2016 in Fort Worth, Texas. Credit: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images


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TAYLORSVILLE, GA - MARCH 01: Sharon Seabolt cast her ballot at Taylorsville Town Hall on Super Tuesday March 1, 2016, in Taylorsville, Georgia. Voters head to the polls to cast their votes on Georgia's presidential primary. (Photo by Credit: Branden Camp/Getty Images


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Voters stand in line to await voting at the McGee Community Center on March 1, 2016 in Conway, Arkansas. Credit: MICHAEL B. THOMAS/AFP/Getty Images



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Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses a town hall-style meeting in the Hazel Hall Atrium at the George Mason University Law School on Super Tuesday March 1, 2016 in Fairfax, Virginia. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images



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Voters line up to vote during the Super Tuesday primary voting at a polling place located in at Fire Station #10 in Arlington, Virginia, March 1, 2016. Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images


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A man wears an "I voted" sticker after voting at the Mt. Zion Methodist church in Oak Park, Virginia in Madison county on March 1, 2016, during the Super Tuesday primary voting. Credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images


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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets patrons at Mapps Coffee on March 1, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The former secretary of state  is campaigning in Minnesota as Super Tuesday voting takes place. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images


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Sebastian Connor helps a voter cross the street to reach her polling place at Our Lady-Lourdes Catholic Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Credit: Hal Yeager/Getty Images


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A man votes at the Graves chapel, used as a county voting location, in Graves Mill, Virginia on March 1, 2016, during the Super Tuesday primary voting. Credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images


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Elizabeth Pierson

Liz Pierson was an Assistant Photo Editor at Mashable. She was responsible for photo editing, curating photo stories and taking photos to accompany Mashable stories. Liz received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Missouri School of Journalism. She loves watercolor painting, Taylor Swift and being in Times Square.

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