How do you become a delegate before the vote? I thought delegates were chosen after the primary?
That got me too I don’t get it at all.Seems there are different rules for every state,its very confusing.
The candidates pick them. If they are picked in advance of the primary or caucus, they are only prospective delegates until after the primary election. So, it could happen that each candidate names 29 prosepctive delegates representing the STATE of SC, and 3 prosepctive delegates in each of the congressional districts.
The only thing affected by the primary is allocation of delegate slots among the candidates.
In the DEM system, there are "superdelegates," those being the people who control the party NOW. Governors, reps, senators, assorted party hacks. The GOP has a similar set, but much smaller in number compared with the DEMs.