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In reply to the discussion: A Bernie Sanders Supporter Confronted a Superdelegate — Then Leaked Their Private Conversation [View all]Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)Super Delegates often represent the will of the Party. Primary voting is NOT an election, its a poll. Right now, a majority of the votes are going to Hillary. For right now, the Super Delegates and the DNC appear to be representing the will of the majority of the people.
Certainly, rules concerning the role of Super Delegates can be changed within the party...maybe to something more akin to what the Republicans do....but I can tell you that right now, today the RNC wishes they had not changed their rules and had something more similar to what the Dems use.
No Candidate for POTUS has to align themselves with a party and then can avoid the mess of Primaries and Delegate counts. The Primary for DNC and RNC is merely a way to make a party nomination. Bernie knew the Primary rules when he decided to align himself with the party he despised, until very recently.