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If this is true, it's a sign that the party bigwigs, whoever they are, aren't as determined to have an African-American or a woman on the ticket as some people think.

Of course, the donors are the money people, not the officeholders who will become superdelegates, but money talks.

[catnipman]

the DNC has eliminated superdelegates from the first convention ballot ...

[9YearLurker]

I think this early, with this many candidates, they are simply placing bets — not too different from early venture capital funders.

And there the overwhelming impulse is still to go with men over women — beyond their comparable accomplishments and qualifications. (Obviously, accomplished men outnumber accomplished women in tech altogether.)

Also, they are betting in part on the polls, which are largely based at this point on name recognition. And those men have the most name recognition.

Hill was certainly able to shake down her share for her races. If she were less of a criminal, she’d still have had name recognition, but probably would have got less in.