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2016 Postmortem

Renew Deal

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4. No

Reply to one_voice (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:04 PM

Apr 2016

What's the point of having super delegates if they can't vote the way they want? I'm not opposed to getting rid of them, but forcing them to go a certain way makes them irrelevant.

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Do you think the superdelegates [View all] one_voice Apr 2016 OP

I would expect the supers (as a group, not individually) to ratify the pledged delegate count. stone space Apr 2016 #1

I don't think it's as simple as "winner take all" for superdelegates. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #2

Both parties have one_voice Apr 2016 #10

Republicans may have everyone be a superdelegate geek tragedy Apr 2016 #12

I could see this: one_voice Apr 2016 #13

There should not be any super delegates. Funtatlaguy Apr 2016 #3

No Renew Deal Apr 2016 #4

For your specific example, why shouldnt they split themselves up proportionally then? MadBadger Apr 2016 #5

The most democratic thing is to follow the total national popular vote. Nye Bevan Apr 2016 #6

Even if they were proportional with the popular vote, Hillary would still be far, far ahead. onehandle Apr 2016 #7

No superdelegates. This is a slap in the face to democracy. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #8

No superdelegates, no electoral college, simple majority of the people's votes wins=democracy. bobthedrummer Apr 2016 #9

I'm for no superdelegates, but since there are they should go with the primary winner UNLESS ... Scuba Apr 2016 #11