SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Thursday night, Democrats from all across Greene County have gathered together, just to get here and separate. Supporters for both candidates will sign in and then physically vote for their candidate by standing on one side of the room or the other. It’s a very simplified way to make some very important decisions.

After the room is split, each side will elect delegates for each candidate. At the end of the night, there will be 55 delegates made up of both Clinton and sanders supporters from Greene County. These delegates will go on to future caucuses at the district and state level, where the party will choose which delegates will go on to represent Missouri at the Democratic National Convention.

From Bernie supporters full of enthusiasm, to Hillary fans ready to put their faith in the former Secretary of State, Thursday’s caucus brought out supporters varying in candidate preference and levels of enthusiasm.

“We have folks that are really interested in going and representing their candidate and representing their state. It’s a really exciting process. It does take a little bit of time to get everything sorted out but this is the body of democracy, this is what democracy looks like,” said Greene County Democratic Party Executive Director, Skyler Johnston.

The number of delegates for each candidate is based on how they did in Missouri’s March primary.

Senator Sanders won the 7th congressional district with 60%, leaving Clinton with the remaining 40%. Since Sanders won, he’ll get 33 of the 55 delegates and Clinton will get 22.