Super Tuesday, Giga Tuesday, Tsunami Tuesday, The Tuesday of Destiny... this year's presidential primary on February 5 goes by many names. Yet it's not the name that matters-- it's the voter turnout.

In Minnesota, the political headquarters of presidential candidates Ron Paul, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton are buzzing. Massive voter outreach efforts are taking place thanks to dozens of the candidates' volunteers.

Meanwhile, bumper stickers and signs are appearing on the cars and in the yards of dedicated voters. Television and radio ads are in full force.

Minnesota, like 6 other states (Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, and North Dakota), operates on a caucus system. As opposed to a state-sponsored primary system, a caucus is party-sponsored. Therefore, voters will need to register with a political party whose issues and candidates they support.

From there, it's the voters' responsibility to elect delegates from within their precincts to push their chosen candidate forward; political parties will weigh the amount of delegates each candidate receives in order to determine which one will receive the party's official nomination. The nominee will be announced prior to the party's national convention.

Minnesota has 41 Republican delegates and 88 Democratic delegates. In total, there are approximately 1,000 Republican delegates and approximately 1,700 Democratic delegates at stake on February 5.

In order to win the Republican nomination for president, a candidate needs 1,191 delegates. According to CNN.com's Republican scorecard, John McCain currently leads the pack with 97. He is followed by Mitt Romney, who has 74 delegates. Mike Huckabee has 29 delegates. Ron Paul has 6 delegates.

In order to win the Democratic nomination for president, a candidate needs 2,025 delegates. According to CNN.com's Democratic scorecard, Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama with a total of 232 delegates. Obama has 158 delegates.

Overall, it is mathematically impossible for any candidate to solidly take the nomination on February 5, according to an Associated Press analysis. Of course, that doesn't mean Tsunami Tuesday won't kick up a storm.

Minnesota doesn't weigh in as heavily as California, the most politically valuable state with 173 Republican and 441 Democratic delegates. However, a victory in Minnesota could provide insight toward voters' attitudes in hard-to-read states like Wisconsin, whose presidential primary occurs February 19.