Tuesday 2 March 2004: 236 of 284 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New York 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.

• 154 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 29 congressional districts.
• 20 CDs with 5 delegates: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29.
• 9 CDs with 6 delgates: 3, 4, 8, 14, 15, 18, 21, 27, 28.
• In addition, 82 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
  • 51 at-large National Convention delegates
  • 31 Pledged PLEOs

Here's how we compute the delegate count:

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 meet the threshold.
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.

Monday 17 May 2004 - The New York State Democratic Committee Meeting

The remaining 48 National Convention delegates consist of

• 44 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 22 Democratic National Committee members
• 21 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 19 Representatives)
• 0 Governors
• 1 Distinguished Party Leader (former President Bill Clinton)
• 4 Unpledged "add-on" (selected during the State Democratic Executive Committee).

These 48 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".