Voices of voters as they cast ballots on Super Tuesday

Tyler Murphy, 26, speaks to The Associated Press after voting in the Republican presidential primary Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at City Hall in Boston. Murphy, who works as a project manager for a construction company, said he voted for businessman Donald Trump. He said the controversial candidate is the "wake up call" the country needs. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo) Tyler Murphy, 26, speaks to The Associated Press after voting in the Republican presidential primary Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at City Hall in Boston. Murphy, who works as a project manager for a construction company, said he voted for businessman Donald Trump. He said the controversial candidate is the "wake up call" the country needs. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

By Associated Press March 1, 2016 6 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Twelve states in all cast votes for presidential nominees on March 1, also known as Super Tuesday, the biggest single-day delegate haul of the nomination contests. Republicans are voting in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake. Democrats are casting ballots in 11 states, too, plus American Samoa, with 865 delegates up for grabs.

Here’s a look at what some voters had to say as they went to the polls Tuesday:

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Jan Kearns, a special education teacher originally from Canada, recently became a U.S. citizen and was voting in her first presidential election. Experience was a key factor in her decision to support Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary.

Kearns admires Clinton’s stance on equal pay for women and says she knows how government works. She agreed with a lot of Sanders’ positions but questioned whether he could succeed as president.