Some of you may be wondering, what is a delegate, and why are they so important for the race to become President?

Delegates go to the National Conventions this summer to nominate a candidate for each party. The candidate they vote for is determined by how many votes that candidate got in that state's primary. For example, Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucus for the Republicans, so he'll get Iowa's vote at the convention

In the Democratic nominating race, the delegate count is based on the total of pledged delegates and super delegates won by each candidate. Democrats are awarded pledged delegates according to the percentage of the vote they earn in each state. Super delegates include Democratic National Committee members, U.S. senators, governors and other party leaders who do not have to declare loyalty to a particular candidate, but some do.

In the Republican nominating race, most states choose a "winner-take-all" method of awarding delegates, in which the candidate getting the most votes from a state's caucus or primary wins all of that state's delegates. Republicans also allocate a certain number of unpledged delegates -- state party chairs, party committee members and others -- to each state. These unpledged delegates are free to vote for any candidate at the party convention, but they are usually aligned with a specific candidate.

Basically the candidate with the most delegates will become that party's nominee.

For Democrats the candidate needs 2,025 delegates to win the nomination.

On the Republican side, 1,191 delegates are needed to win the nomination.