08-25-2018, 03:59 PM
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Approves Restricting Superdelegate Votes
I think this was smart and long overdue. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/...ocess.html
Although superdelegates reportedly never actually went against the vote of other delegates, there was wide perception that these prominent ('elite') party members wielded undue power. I never saw any purpose for them except in the case of a primary tie anyway.
Bernie and his staunch supporters were very much against superdelegates in the 2016 Democratic primaries, which caused some friction among Dems.
Now that superdelegates won't be involved in the first votes, Dems believe that young Americans who embrace Democrat values but oppose the superdelegate concept will be more apt to join and formally support the Democratic Party.
Next, I hope both parties can work together to evaluate removing the electoral college from our voting process and moving to popular vote only. The more I think about it and its original purpose, the more I believe it doesn't work as planned and suppresses the votes/will of the majority of voters.
I seriously doubt that the Republicans would sincerely agree to consider evaluating the electoral college's viability though. They've lost the popular vote in 6 out of 7 of the last elections.
I think this was smart and long overdue. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/...ocess.html
Although superdelegates reportedly never actually went against the vote of other delegates, there was wide perception that these prominent ('elite') party members wielded undue power. I never saw any purpose for them except in the case of a primary tie anyway.
Bernie and his staunch supporters were very much against superdelegates in the 2016 Democratic primaries, which caused some friction among Dems.
Now that superdelegates won't be involved in the first votes, Dems believe that young Americans who embrace Democrat values but oppose the superdelegate concept will be more apt to join and formally support the Democratic Party.
Next, I hope both parties can work together to evaluate removing the electoral college from our voting process and moving to popular vote only. The more I think about it and its original purpose, the more I believe it doesn't work as planned and suppresses the votes/will of the majority of voters.
I seriously doubt that the Republicans would sincerely agree to consider evaluating the electoral college's viability though. They've lost the popular vote in 6 out of 7 of the last elections.