Wyoming Democrats will meet Saturday for county caucuses — the first step in the process of nominating the party’s presidential candidate. Democrats will choose delegates to attend the party’s state convention in May who support either Sanders, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or San Diego businessman Rocky De La Fuente. Democrats can also choose to be uncommitted.

The proportion of delegates each candidate receives Saturday will be the same proportion the state sends to July’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Wyoming will send 18 delegates to Philadelphia. Fourteen are up for grabs. Four super delegates have already committed to Clinton.

A Democratic presidential candidate needs at least 2,383 delegates to win the national nomination.

Clinton’s and Sanders’ campaigns have been active in deeply red Wyoming, and county caucuses are expected to be well-attended. Both candidates have staffs, volunteers and supporters throughout the state.

State Rep. Charles Pelkey, D-Laramie, believes Sanders will get the majority of the delegates from Wyoming. Sanders appeals to working people and those who think independently of the mainstream. Wyomingites fall into both of those categories, said Pelkey, a Sanders supporter.

“He’s doing well in Western states because I think Western people tend to not go with the standard thinking on politics,” he said.

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