What's at Stake|on Super Tuesday

**** (CN) – Here’s what’s at stake for presidential candidates on Super Tuesday, the rules by which delegates will be appointed in each state, and how the races stand so far.     A Democratic candidate needs 2,383 delegates** to win the nomination.     A Republican candidate needs 1,237 delegates** .     Republicans have 595 delegates** at stake on Super Tuesday: 24 percent** of the 2,472 total delegates.     Democrats have 1,004 delegates** at stake, plus 130** superdelegates** : 21 percent** of 4,763 delegates.     Here are the unofficial standings so far. The Democratic tallies include superdelegates.          Clinton 543     Sanders 85          Trump 81     Rubio 17     Cruz 17          Superdelegates can vote however they like at the convention, but will be expected to follow party orders. This will favor Clinton.           Here are the number of delegates at stake in each state.           Democrats (Delegates at stake-Pledged-Unpledged)**      ****      Alabama* 60 – 53 – 7     Arkansas* 37 – 32 -5     Colorado 79 – 66 -13     Georgia* 116 – 102 – 15     Mass. 116 – 91 – 25     Minnesota* 93 – 77 – 16     Oklahoma 42 – 38 4     Tennessee* 76 – 67 – 9     Texas 252 – 222 – 30     Vermont* 26 – 16 – 10     Virginia* 110 – 95 – 14     D-abroad* 17 – 13 – 4          An asterisk means the primary is open – voters can cross party lines.      American Samoa, Colorado and Democrats abroad are caucuses.            Republicans (Delegates at stake-Rules)**      Under “winner-take-most” (WTM) rules, a candidate who gets 50 percent + 1 of the votes in a congressional district gets most or all of its delegates. Failing that, delegates are awarded proportionally among candidates who get at least 15 percent or 20 percent of votes in the district.            Alabama* 50 WTM – 50-20     Alaska 28 Proportional – 13 percent needed     Arkansas* 40 WTM – 50-15     Georgia 76 WTM – 50-20     Mass. 42 Proportional – 5 percent needed     Minnesota* 38 Proportional – 10 percent     Oklahoma 43 WTM – 50-15     Tennessee* 58 WTM – 66-20     Texas* 155 WTM – 50-20     Vermont* 16 WTM – 50-20     Virginia* 49 Purely proportional     Wyoming 29 Precinct caucus          An asterisk means the primary is open – voters can cross party lines.      Colorado’s caucus is nonbinding, meaning Republican delegates can vote as they like at the convention.      Wyoming Republicans will hold precinct caucuses on Super Tuesday, but the state’s long nominating process will not end until the party caucus in April.