Perianne
03-01-2016, 02:47 PM
I suspect if Trump wins the Republican nomination, the RNC will establish a system of "superdelegates" similar to the DNC. That would take a good portion of the choice away from the voters and give it to the establishment.
The Bernie never had a chance of winning the Democratic nomination because of Hillary's command of the superdelegates.
In United States (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) politics, a "superdelegate" is a delegate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate) to the Democratic National Convention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention) that is seated automatically and chooses who they want to vote for. These Democratic Party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) superdelegates include distinguished party leaders and elected officials, including all Democratic members of the House and Senate and sitting Democratic governors. Other superdelegates are chosen during the primary season. Democratic superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the nomination. This contrasts with convention "pledged" delegates that are selected based on the party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties) primaries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_election) and caucuses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucus) in each U.S. state (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state), in which voters choose among candidates for the party's presidential (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States) nomination (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomination). Because they are free to support anyone they want, superdelegates could potentially swing the results to nominate a presidential candidate that did not receive the majority of votes during the primaries.
The Republican Party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)) does not have superdelegates, per se. There are delegates to the Republican National Convention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Convention) that are seated automatically, but they are limited to three per each state, consisting of the state chairman and two RNC committee members.
Although "superdelegate" was originally coined and created to describe this type of Democratic delegate, the term has become widely used to describe these delegates in both parties,[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate#cite_note-1) even though it is not an official term used by either party.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate
The Bernie never had a chance of winning the Democratic nomination because of Hillary's command of the superdelegates.
In United States (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) politics, a "superdelegate" is a delegate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate) to the Democratic National Convention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention) that is seated automatically and chooses who they want to vote for. These Democratic Party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) superdelegates include distinguished party leaders and elected officials, including all Democratic members of the House and Senate and sitting Democratic governors. Other superdelegates are chosen during the primary season. Democratic superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the nomination. This contrasts with convention "pledged" delegates that are selected based on the party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties) primaries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_election) and caucuses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucus) in each U.S. state (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state), in which voters choose among candidates for the party's presidential (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States) nomination (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomination). Because they are free to support anyone they want, superdelegates could potentially swing the results to nominate a presidential candidate that did not receive the majority of votes during the primaries.
The Republican Party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)) does not have superdelegates, per se. There are delegates to the Republican National Convention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Convention) that are seated automatically, but they are limited to three per each state, consisting of the state chairman and two RNC committee members.
Although "superdelegate" was originally coined and created to describe this type of Democratic delegate, the term has become widely used to describe these delegates in both parties,[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate#cite_note-1) even though it is not an official term used by either party.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate