Election 2024 Delegate Tracker

Presidential candidates will try to woo voters across the country this primary season, but what they’ll need to become their party’s nominee is a majority of delegates at this summer’s national party conventions. Candidates usually earn delegates based on their performance in a state’s primary or caucus. Republican delegate rules vary by state, but their system overall tends to favor frontrunners and makes it harder for trailing candidates to win delegates – particularly in later contests. Democrats award delegates proportionally in every state, making it easier for trailing candidates to pick up delegates.

Most of the actual people serving as delegates can’t go rogue at the party conventions: they must vote according to their state’s election results. Democratic superdelegates, who may vote for any candidate regardless of state primary results, won’t have a say in picking the nominee this year unless no candidate wins a majority in the initial convention vote.