Tuesday 12 February 2008: 15 of 40 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's District of Columbia Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

• 10 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the District's 2 municipal districts (each consisting of 4 of the city's 8 wards).
• municipal district 1 (Wards 1, 2, 3, 4): 5
• municipal district 2 (Wards 5, 6, 7, 8): 5
• In addition, 5 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the district wide primary vote.
  • 3 at-large National Convention delegates
  • 2 Pledged PLEOs

Here is how we compute the delegate count (based on certified returns from an official source):

1. A candidate must receive 15% or more of the total popular vote to qualify for delegates. Discard votes cast for those candidates who do not qualify. Clinton and Obama have qualified for delegates.
2. Allocate Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote in each district. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the state-wide qualified vote.
3. In each jurisdiction (CD and statewide):
1. Total qualified vote = total votes cast for the qualifying candidates in the jurisdiction.
2. Allocation = (delegates for the jurisdiction) × (candidate's popular vote) ÷ (total qualified vote).
3. Assign each candidate the WHOLE NUMBER of delegates.
4. If delegates remain, allocate each of the remaining delegates to those candidates with the LARGEST REMAINDERS.

Thursday 3 April 2008: State Party Committee.

The remaining 25 National Convention delegates consist of

• 23 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 19 Democratic National Committee members.
• 3 Members of Congress (1 nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives plus 2 so-called "shadow Senators" [the Democratic Party traditionally supports Statehood for the District of Columbia; in addition this number reflects the Electoral Vote of D.C. which has always gone to the Democrats in Presidential Elections]).
• 1 "Governor" (the Mayor of DC).
• 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.
• 2 Unpledged "add-on"s (Selected by the DC Democratic State Committee. At least one of these delegates shall be a "Shadow" Representative, if a Democrat.).

These 25 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".