2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Super delegates have worked for the Dems in the past. Why all of a sudden the move to get rid [View all]Beacool
(30,247 posts)Never mind that the most undemocratic process are the caucuses. If he's so concerned about making the nominating process fairer, he should demand that they also get rid of caucuses.
I'm against open primaries where anyone can vote and cause mischief, such as Republicans voting for the candidate who they deem weakest against their own candidate. IMO, all primaries should be closed. People should have some skin in the game and join a party if they want to vote on who should be the nominee of that party.
As for super delegates, I can take them or leave them. The important fact is that, since the 1984 campaign, they have never subverted the will of the people and have always switched to the candidate who ended with the most pledged delegates. Regardless of who they originally supported at the beginning of the primaries. The clear example was 2008. The majority of super delegates initially favored Hillary, but switched to Obama when he ended the primary season with a 102 pledged delegate lead.