Click on the 'Democratic' or 'Republican' button above the map to select your party, then click by month to view your party's primary/caucus schedule. For more information on voting in each state, simply click the states.
The Democratic Party hands out delegates for each state using the proportional method, which means that delegates are divvied up based on how much support each candidate receives in a given state's primary or caucus. The Republican Party uses the proportional method in some states, but relies on a winner-take-all system in others.
Democratic candidates must win 2,025 delegates to become the presumptive nominee for their party. Republican candidates must win 1,191 delegates to become their party's presumptive nominee. The latest totals based on NBC News projections, unofficial returns and other news reports:
Democrats
- Total delegates: 4,051
- Total needed: 2,026
- Delegates claimed so far: Barack Obama 1,890.5 (1,599 pledged, 291.5 superdelegates); Hillary Clinton 1,723.5 (1,447 pledged, 276.5 superdelegates); others 18
Republicans
- Total delegates: 2,380
- Total needed: 1,191
- Delegates claimed so far: John McCain (presumptive nominee) 1,266; others 576
- More on delegates and how they're apportioned
- How NBC News projects election winners
- Go back to MSN's Your Vote '08 homepage
- More political coverage from MSNBC.com
- Newsweek.com's 'Race for the White House'
- Campaign Junkie page from Slate.com
- 'The Podium': Use power of Live Search to track race
- The day in politics: Check out First Read blog
- Give a read to Slate.com's Trailhead blog
- Daryl Cagle's Campaign 2008 Cartoon Index
- MSNBC.com's Week in Political Cartoons