The ignorance of Superdelegates is astounding. We lost 49-1 TWICE in little more than a decade

[LiberalFighter]

36. You are mistaken. Republicans do have superdelegates. Just not the same as we do it.

As for our superdelegates. People making a big deal about it don't know how it works. First, they make up less than 15% of the delegates. The party leadership cannot flip it. Second, voters change their mind too when circumstances change. Their candidate drops out. Their first candidate goes nuts. Their candidate doesn't do well.

Superdelegates didn't decide the outcome of 2016. Sanders and his people are just making superdelegates their excuse for losing the nomination.

The rules used in 2016 were democratic. Regular delegates were elected but not by the voters in the primaries. They were elected by delegates to the state convention. Superdelegates were elected too. Either by state delegates, local district Democratic party leaders, or by holding the office they hold because they were elected by voters in their state or district, or in the case of Speaker of the House or Minority/Majority leaders by their Democratic peers. One way or another they were elected by Democrats.