Democrats Are Considering Dropping Superdelegates Altogether

Buzzfeed News ^ | Posted on March 9, 2018, at 7:27 a.m. | Ruby Cramer and Ryan Brooks

[cba123]

The measure would go a step beyond the Clinton-Sanders Unity Commission proposals to change the superdelegate system. An “absurd and undemocratic idea,” one DNC member said in a memo to party leaders.

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[a fool in paradise]

Says a lot that the number 2 Democrat presidential candidate in 2016 wasn’t even a member of the Democrat Party before or after the election.

[Steven Scharf]

That should be No it would not.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Time to ditch open primaries too. Letting your opponent choose your candidate is pretty stupid. Oh, right, we are talking about Republicans, aren’t we?

[KarlInOhio]

Clinton-Sanders Unity Commission

Biggest combination of mortal enemies since the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. May their end be the same.

[KarlInOhio]

Why? The Democrat Party is not a public organization. It is an association of like-minded folks. But, the association has published rules and regulations and the folks who join are subject to that.

But they do use the public voting system for their "elections". If they don't want a democracy (yes, yes, I've heard all the democracy/republic arguments - I'm speaking in general of rule by the people) then they can host their own voting without getting the county and state boards of elections involved.

[Lmo56]

Political nominations should be won on the fields of battle [primaries] - not in back rooms where cronyism is rife.

I really felt bad for Bernie, since the deck was stacked against him from the get-go.

[fortheDeclaration]

Super delegates- people who are better then the voters.

[raiderboy]

I could care less. They just lost the next 20 years with the brilliant victory of Trump tonight. They have now lost everything. Nothing left but to worship Trump.HUGE!!

[UCANSEE2]

Odd that DEMS were so in favor of Superdelegates, considering that the Superdelegate thing is more of a Representative Republic process than a pure Democratic process.

[NutsOnYew]

then they can host their own voting without getting the county and state boards of elections involved

Absolutely right. But the optics would be wrong.

[Nailbiter]

May not matter come midterms- could be all the higher up democraps are locked up

I can dream a little dream

[MrEdd]

I always think of superdelegates as being bought and paid for globalist stooges.

Which explains the presidential candidacy of Mondale, whereas no other theory ever put forth has even come close to sounding plausible in that regard.

[SoConPubbie]

I don’t care what they do, but they should not let non-party members run; such as Sanders.

Why?

With Sanders the outcome would have been much worse than it was with Clinton for the Democrats.

As far as I am concerned, anything that allows the true nature of the Democrats to come out and be on full-display is for the good of this country and will lead to them NOT winning national elections.

[UCANSEE2]

I always think of the super delegates being older, more mature and more moderate

Florida's possible new Superdelegate ?

[UCANSEE2]

SO.... while Dems want a purely democratic system for the election, they want a non democratic system for the primaries ?

[salmon76]

Democrats Are Considering Dropping Superdelegates Altogether

...because they have many other ways to rig elections

[NutsOnYew]

they want a non democratic system for the primaries ?

IIRC, that is exactly the explanation that Donna Brazille gave for the outcome of the nominee selection favoring Hillary.

[UCANSEE2]

But I am not sure that Sanders might not have been a stronger candidate.

Well... he did have a lot less baggage, and he didn't hide his socialist goals.

[nickcarraway]

Without superdelegates, Hillary would have won in 2008. Hillary got morevotesin 2008 and 2016.

[hinckley buzzard]

The superdelegates are a voice of the DNC establishment, a parallel to the GOPe. If they eliminate the supers, it will mean the capture of the Democrat party by extreme left wingers, socialists or worse. It will be the functional end of the democrat party on the national level. That’s why they won’t do it.