Do you think superdelegates will swing en masse to the losing candidate?

[Chichiri]

By which I mean the candidate who has the fewer popular votes and/or pledged delegates. Does anyone here think that that will happen?

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	Yes, the superdelegates will ultimately be won over by the words and deeds of the losing candidate and his/her supporters.
	0 (0%)
	No, the superdelegates will respect the democratic process and ensure that the winning candidate wins the nomination.
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	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Joob]

1. They won't choose the candidate who'll lose! Of course! NT

[Chichiri]

4. Suppose "the candidate who'll lose" wins the pledged delegates and popular vote.

Then what will the supers choose?

[Joob]

6. They should choose the one with most pledged delegates

It'd be what the majority of the party wants!

[thesquanderer]

13. Right now, it looks like either Clinton or Sanders will likely beat Trump handily.

It might be easier for Sanders, and you might even argue that any likelihood of a larger margin win could pay off in increased coattails, but I don't see super delegates as having any qualms about supporting the candidate in the lead if it looks like s/he would likely win. If polls showed Sanders beating Trump but Hillary losing badly, they might be persuadable... but that's not the case.

[stone space]

2. The supers will follow the pledged delegates. (nt)

[JaneyVee]

3. Not a chance.

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. I don't care. My candidate can lose and still have my support.

Does any Hillary supporter understand what it means to have principles? If they did, why the fuck would they keep asking the same stupid question 50 times a day, 50 different ways?

[jamese777]

7. I consider it principled

To vote for the nominee of my party, whoever that may be. My principles involve defeating Donald Trump at all costs.

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. Yeah but that wasn't the point of the OP.

[Chichiri]

9. I wasn't asking about you.

Unless you're a superdelegate.

[jamese777]

10. Its the point of view

of the overwhelming majority of superdelegates.

I think its a bit far-fetched to think that the elders of the Democratic Party are going to go with someone who has been a member of the party for a matter of months versus someone who has been a member of the party for 46 years.

[Chichiri]

11. Bump for those who didn't see it yesteday. nt

[bigwillq]

12. No (nt)

[NorthCarolina]

14. Well, many did pledge to the loseing candidate but they did so

WAY EARLY, before Sanders even announced. Now that there is a much better choice available they may change their minds. That is if they make their selection based on the best interest of the voters and not just themselves and their "peers".

[thesquanderer]

15. Third option for the poll.

It could happen if Hillary were indicted between now and the convention, or possibly even if the FBI merely put forth the recommendation to indict. If Hillary didn't step down of her own accord, I could see where many super delegates could reconsider their vote. (I am not saying that I expect this to happen, but it is not entirely out of the realm of possibility.)