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In reply to the discussion: Kobach expert witness: Carlos Murguia sounds foreign. ACLU attorney: Thats a federal judge [View all]KitSileya
(4,035 posts)and the black caucus knows very well that if we didn't have superdelegates, the base of our party, black men and women, would be grievously underrepresented among the delegates. In each case there would be very good reasons to elect a white man or woman, but really, overall, representation at the convention would skew whiter than it already is.
Not to mention, having superdelegates makes it more likely that people who are newer to politics, who haven't been elected to office get to go to the convention. Let's face it, if we didn't have superdelegates, the county and state conventions would most likely let senators and congresspersons have first chance to become pledged delegates. Now they are taken out, and rewarded for their unstinting work for the party by becoming superdelegates, and ore mundane people get a chance to enter the political process hands-on.