02-19-2016, 09:31 AM
I think the Democratic Party should do away with super delegates.
They serve no purpose, in my opinion, other than giving candidates favored with party insiders early fuel and props. They were introduced to minimize the chances of grassroots and outsider candidates being able to gain the nomination against the positioned "unbeatable" established candidates. I see the super delegates and their votes as sales/marketing tools for the DNC. It's wrong, in my opinion. The Republican Party doesn't have them and I don't think the Democratic Party should either.
Super delegate votes comprise about 15% of the total votes needed to win the nomination, I believe. If Bernie Sanders were to beat or tie Hillary Clinton in the caucuses / primaries across the country, the super delegates in Sanders-winning states would most/all switch from Clinton to Sanders at the convention. Super delegate votes have never decided the Democratic nomination. It would be political party suicide for the super delegate votes to go against the general election votes, especially now with the anti-establishment movement so strong. The Democrats would be handing the election to the Republicans because a hell of a lot of registered Democrats would not show up to vote in the presidential election or would vote against the very undemocratic Democratic party in such a case.
They serve no purpose, in my opinion, other than giving candidates favored with party insiders early fuel and props. They were introduced to minimize the chances of grassroots and outsider candidates being able to gain the nomination against the positioned "unbeatable" established candidates. I see the super delegates and their votes as sales/marketing tools for the DNC. It's wrong, in my opinion. The Republican Party doesn't have them and I don't think the Democratic Party should either.
Super delegate votes comprise about 15% of the total votes needed to win the nomination, I believe. If Bernie Sanders were to beat or tie Hillary Clinton in the caucuses / primaries across the country, the super delegates in Sanders-winning states would most/all switch from Clinton to Sanders at the convention. Super delegate votes have never decided the Democratic nomination. It would be political party suicide for the super delegate votes to go against the general election votes, especially now with the anti-establishment movement so strong. The Democrats would be handing the election to the Republicans because a hell of a lot of registered Democrats would not show up to vote in the presidential election or would vote against the very undemocratic Democratic party in such a case.