1.   But both major parties will allocate nominating delegates based solely on the vote totals from their party members.

2.   But some analysts question whether the gambit can succeed in a state that is typically ignored and in a contest that has no nominating delegates at stake.

3.   The state carries the second-largest number of nominating delegates in the nation, making its primary a crucial election to win.

4.   The two national campaigns said they would get serious when Delaware does and begins choosing its presidential nominating delegates in party caucuses late next month.

5.   Caucuses are elections in which party activists cast votes for -- and in turn grant nominating delegates to -- the presidential hopefuls.