DNC Superdelegate Promoting Brokered Convention Is A Significant GOP Donor, Health Care Lobbyist

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17. Vast majority are elected or formerly elected officials - where did you get the idea they weren't?

According to the Democratic Call for the 2016 Convention, the spots are reserved for Democratic power players. That includes:

The Democratic president, Democratic vice president, and all former Democratic presidents and vice presidents (so, yes, President Obama and Bill Clinton are superdelegates who have—spoiler alert!—said they’ll vote for Hillary Clinton).

All current Democratic U.S. senators and representatives (that includes Bernie Sanders, who, despite being an independent, won the designation when he decided to run for the Democratic nomination; but not Clinton herself, who is no longer a senator).

Current Democratic governors (including territories such as American Samoa, and the mayor of Washington, D.C.).

All former majority and minority leaders of the U.S. Senate.

All former Speakers and minority leaders of the House of Representatives.

Democratic National Committee officials, such as the chair and vice chair of each state’s Democratic party, along with members elected to represent each state at the convention (but if one person fulfills multiple roles, they still only get one vote. For instance, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is both Chair of the DNC and a representative from Florida, but she only gets one vote).

All former DNC chairs.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/81646/how-does-someone-become-superdelegate

You're welcome.

Odd that you did not know even this basic fact about Superdelegates, as much as you discuss them as a threat.