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74 delegates plus 18 super delegates democratic. 40 delegates republican
The Democratic Party by way of their Super Delegates.
http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/okay-so-what-super-delegateFor starters, Super delegates are current and former leaders in the Democratic Party with voting power, existing only in the Democratic Party. They are not to be confused with the regular delegate count, referred to as pledged delegates, delegates which are apportioned by statewide votes acquired by a candidate, with approximately 25% of the delegates awarded in this manner. The rest are meted out by sub divisions, mostly through congressional districts.This year, after the tally, there are 796 Super delegatesthat will be involved in the process at the 2008 Democratic Convention. Their votes will become crucial if there isn't a clear indicator of a Democratic nominee after all of the Presidential primaries.
New York has 247 delegates in the Democratic primary.
In the 2008 Presidential election, there were 23 Democratic delegates for South Dakota at the Democratic Convention. Currently, South Dakota will have 24 delegates for 2012.
Texas has a total of 228 democratic delegates, 126 delegates will be chosen proportionately according to the primary vote, 67 delegates will be chosen by the caucus process, and 35 delegates will be "Super Delegates". The caucus process begins at the precinct conventions and is completed at the Texas Democratic State Convention. So if you live in Texas you must go to the primary and caucus.
The democratic party in each state elects the delegates.
188 delegates total, with 30 of them uncommitted.
According to an article in USA Today California has 440 delegates of the total number of the Democratic party's nominating convention's 4,361 delegates.
You can see a map of the democratic delegates by state at www.demconvention.com/delegate-map
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