What exactly was the point of the DNC rule change for superdelegates?

[LiberalFighter]

221. Stacking the deck? Really? Just wow!

There is nothing outsized when members of Congress win an election and are delegates. It represents the interests of the voters in their district or state. Proportionally. There is no reason for districts or states to have delegates in that category when they don't elect a Democrat. There is no additional vote advantage for a candidate under this process. Not when there are districts and even states that don't have delegates in this category. They do as far as state party leaders. There is no reason to allocate additional delegates in this category for red states.

It seems you want to punish Democrats that were elected to Congress and not allow them the same rights as everyone else. The alternative would be to go back to the old days when decisions were made in back rooms or elected members of Congress run for those delegate spots thereby taking spots away from the activists.

Superdelegates don't change the outcome of a nomination when a candidate receives the majority of delegates as they have since 1972. Nor do they determine the winner of the NEXT election as you suggest. It does include them to be part of the convention. If you want to keep them out then you really don't want a strong Democratic Party. If there is any tipping of the scale it is when they relay info back to party activists in their district or state as to how it looks. They have access to how campaigns are doing and encouraging support.

We don't have factions or wings in the party because of this. We have factions or wings in the party because there are over 320 million people and spread out over nearly 4 million square miles. That creates division and different interests. You seem to want your faction whatever that might be to have control of the process. That is not how it works. A balance was found back in 1968 and for the most part it works. The people who complain about it are those that use it as an excuse for losing and of course outsiders. They want the rules set up to make it easier for them to win without regard to fairness.

The delegate strength of each congressional district is based on the average of the last three presidential elections that the Democratic nominee receives. I guess next the votes of those now deceased in those three elections should not be considered when allocating delegates.

In all cases, the allocation of delegates is proportional to votes. It may not seem like it too you. But the DNC use formulas that are included in the party rules to determine it and it is voted on by all of the delegates.

Then you suggest that the CBC's influence is outsized within the party? If anything, they are underrepresented. They represent only 9.4% of Congress while 12.5% of the population is black.