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[big_dog]

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[jeff47]

1. No, she doesn't.

Superdelegates are not guaranteed. They routinely change their vote before the convention.

For example, John Lewis pledged he'd support Clinton in 2008. He voted for Obama at the convention, because his district overwhelmingly voted for Obama.

[Fearless]

2. This is false.

[RobertEarl]

3. Now we know what 'rigged' means.

Gosh, those elite Dems sure know how to fuck over the voters, eh?

Thanks for this proof of how the people are hated by the elites.

[bunnies]

14. Bingo. nt

[840high]

20. Yep

[nyabingi]

4. Gee, that's a very "democratic"

way of conducting an election - the will of the people be damned.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. Keep these stories going and it will only increase anger against Hillary.

[saturnsring]

6. youre gonna upset the berniebros

[frylock]

9. You're going to upset independents that will say fuck your party..

and stay home.

[SoapBox]

16. Absolutely.

...can't win without respecting Independents.

But the DWS/HRC Third Way Dem crowd...is too obsessed with their "loyalty" thing.

[Stuckinthebush]

17. Uh oh!

They will yell sexist slurs now.

[Bohemianwriter]

7. Respect for democracy and truth runs deep in the Hillary camp. nt

[bkkyosemite]

8. It's time that the people's revolution respectfully let

the Super Delegates know who we want to win the Primary. (on their FB pages.). Super Delegates need to be done away with but that will not happen this time around. In the mean time if there is enough letting them know we want them to endorse Bernie Sanders, they will I believe take stock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Party_superdelegates,_2016

[big_dog]

10. i can go for that. make the pledges transparent on facebook, twitter and instagram

works for me, maybe even speeches on vine. contact them on twitter or fb and ask for their support

[Gregorian]

11. We were already aware of how delegates would even the score in NH, even if Bernie killed it.

Onward. We have an election to win.

[totodeinhere]

12. As Bernie racks up primary and caucus wins many of the superdelegates will peel away

from Hillary. It has happened before. As you know it's called the "bandwagon effect." IMO if Bernie can get a majority of delegates from the primaries and caucuses the party won't dare deny him the nomination.

[PufPuf23]

19. Here is a brief overview of superdelegates from wiki

Superdelegates are relatively new to the DNC convention and in IMO are biased against populist candidates in candidate selection at the National Convention and during the primary/caucus process (by prematurely revealing excepted votes).

I like the GOPs limited use of the superdelegate versus current Democratic Party rules and use.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate

A "superdelegate" or an "unpledged delegate" is a delegate to the Democratic National Convention or Republican National Convention that is seated automatically, based on their status as current (Republican and Democratic) or former (Democratic only) party leader or elected official. Other superdelegates are chosen during the primary season. All the superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the nomination. This contrasts with convention delegates that are selected based on the party primaries and caucuses in each U.S. state, in which voters choose among candidates for the party's presidential nomination.

Although "superdelegate" was originally coined and created to describe this type of Democratic delegate, the term has become widely used to describe these delegates in both parties,[1] even though it is not an official term used by either party.

For Democrats, superdelegates fall into two categories:
delegates seated based on other positions they hold, who are formally described (in Rule 9.A) as "unpledged party leader and elected official delegates"[2] (unpledged PLEO delegates); and
additional unpledged delegates selected by each state party (in a fixed predetermined number), who are formally described (in Rule 9.B) as "unpledged add-on delegates" and who need not hold any party or elected position before their selection as delegates.[2]

For Republicans, there are generally 3 unpledged delegates in each state, consisting of the state chairman and two RNC committee members.

A common criticism is that unpledged delegates could potentially swing the results to nominate a candidate that did not receive the majority of votes during the primaries.

[tonybgood]

13. It's quite easy to fix

Write those "superdelegates" in your state and congressional district and tell them that if they do not support the winner of the primary in their state, you will work to defeat them in the general election. That will wake them up!

[turbinetree]

15. Our Democratic Platform...............................1972-2014 ..........

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29605

http://www.qnc.us/dems/Democratic-Platform-Summary-2014.pdf



Honk--------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[uhnope]

18. why do you put "Financial Times" as source but then link to RT?

mistake? Fix it please, we don't use RT BS in LBN

[big_dog]

21. my bad thought it was ft.com

n/t