What is a Super Delegate?
Mannie Rodriquez is a Democratic Party official from Colorado. More importantly, Mr. Rodriquez is a “super delegate.” No matter who wins the Democratic primary in Colorado, Mr. Rodriquez has already decided how he will vote at the Democratic convention.
Mr. Rodriquez is a supporter of Hillary Clinton and he plans to vote that way. In a letter to a party member asking to explain his position, he said, "I do not go with the candidate who is always winning. I go with the candidate I believe in."
The super delegate situation is quickly becoming the big story on the Democratic side. On Tuesday, Barack Obama won primaries in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He has now won 23 of the 35 state primaries, but even if he were to win the rest of the primaries, he will still not have enough votes to win the election.
There are 796 super delegates in the Democratic Party and those delegates will break the tie if neither Mr. Obama nor Mrs. Clinton is able to win enough delegate votes.
It is even hard to tell who has the most super delegate votes, but according to several unscientific counts, Mrs. Clinton leads Mr. Obama by 200 to 150 margin.
Mr. Obama will probably try to use his recent primary victories to convince super delegates that he should be the candidate of choice. He will argue that party insiders should not be able to control the selection process; the decision should rest with the voters.
Some super delegates do not think that they should be the ultimate decision makers. Donna Brazile is a super delegate who has said that she will quit her position with the Democratic National Committee if the super delegates decide the race.
As the primaries move state to state, the big story to watch on the Democratic side is what happens with the super delegate situation.
Source: LA Times
BLOG QUESTION
Do you think it’s fair that the super delegates will get a chance to decide the Democratic Party nomination?
Mr. Rodriquez is a supporter of Hillary Clinton and he plans to vote that way. In a letter to a party member asking to explain his position, he said, "I do not go with the candidate who is always winning. I go with the candidate I believe in."
The super delegate situation is quickly becoming the big story on the Democratic side. On Tuesday, Barack Obama won primaries in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He has now won 23 of the 35 state primaries, but even if he were to win the rest of the primaries, he will still not have enough votes to win the election.
There are 796 super delegates in the Democratic Party and those delegates will break the tie if neither Mr. Obama nor Mrs. Clinton is able to win enough delegate votes.
It is even hard to tell who has the most super delegate votes, but according to several unscientific counts, Mrs. Clinton leads Mr. Obama by 200 to 150 margin.
Mr. Obama will probably try to use his recent primary victories to convince super delegates that he should be the candidate of choice. He will argue that party insiders should not be able to control the selection process; the decision should rest with the voters.
Some super delegates do not think that they should be the ultimate decision makers. Donna Brazile is a super delegate who has said that she will quit her position with the Democratic National Committee if the super delegates decide the race.
As the primaries move state to state, the big story to watch on the Democratic side is what happens with the super delegate situation.
Source: LA Times
BLOG QUESTION
Do you think it’s fair that the super delegates will get a chance to decide the Democratic Party nomination?
6 Comments:
I do not think that it is fair that super delegates get to decide because all citizens over 18 should have the right to vote (it says so in the costitutition). With the super delegates making the decision,I wouldn't say that everyone really gets to vote.
I agree with Jared's comment and that anyone over eighteen should get a chance to vote if they want to. To some people, it seems that they are not getting their vote counted. If the super delegates can decide the vote, then that is somewhat unfair to the millions of Americans out there.
I don't think it's fair, because there are so few super delegates supporting such a huge number of Americans. So many Americans cannot be represented accurately with such a miniscule number of people in comparison to the number of American citizens. It's not balanced!
I do not think that it is fair that the super delegates get to decide who wins the primaries, because they are citizens of America just like everybody else and they should not be given special powers.
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i do not thik it is fair that the superdelagates get the final say they should not control the election process, it should belong to the people not a select few people, the person with the most votes should win not a select few people only even if it is only one vote and not enough to their current standerds the should win with out the superdelegatres
I don't think that is fair that only super delegates get to decide. Everyone has the right to vote. There are not so many super delegates to support allthese voter and you need a lot of votes to win the election. If the super delegates get decide only it is not fair.
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