Shortly after I posted a comment calling for greater education on how to vote for President, I got a call from fellow YPPer and activist Karen Bojar sugguesting I blog on this subject. So here we go.

THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTE TO CAST IS THE ONE FOR PRESIDENT. The number of delegates a Presidential candidate receives in a given Congressional district determines the number of delegates he or she receives. A Presidential candidate who receives 85% of the vote or more--a possibility for Obama in the First and Second Congressional Districts--will win all of the delegates.

In Karen's 2nd Congressional District, represented by Chaka Fattah, nine delegates are at stake, five women and four men. They will be initially apportioned by votes for the Presidential candidate, and then apportioned again by sex. It is both possible and precedented (and for many annoying) that the top vote getters do not necessarily win.