02-21-2016, 04:39 PM
The pledged delegates Sanders wins in the popular vote primaries and caucuses will support Sanders. The super delegates won't have the ability to decide the Democratic nominee unless the number of cumulative state delegates won by each candidate is closer than it's ever been.
Anyway, even though the RNC doesn't use super delegates, the Republican delegates aren't purely reflective of popular vote either. In each state, the Democratic candidates get delegates based on percentage of popular votes they earned. But, in some states, it's winner take all in the Republican primaries and caucuses. So, even if 48% of the state's Republican voters selected Candidate A, Candidate A would get no delegates If Candidate B got 49% of the Republican votes.
I think it would be most fair if there were no super delegates and both parties assigned delegates based on popular vote percentages for every state.
Anyway, even though the RNC doesn't use super delegates, the Republican delegates aren't purely reflective of popular vote either. In each state, the Democratic candidates get delegates based on percentage of popular votes they earned. But, in some states, it's winner take all in the Republican primaries and caucuses. So, even if 48% of the state's Republican voters selected Candidate A, Candidate A would get no delegates If Candidate B got 49% of the Republican votes.
I think it would be most fair if there were no super delegates and both parties assigned delegates based on popular vote percentages for every state.