2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Superdelegates do not have to listen to the Voters in their States [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...it's when it gets to the convention that I really care about it.
That said, I am all for superdelegates switching their endorsements during the primary to reflect the outcome in their state, or to agree among themselves to make their endorsements match the percentages in their states as closely as possible.
But that is not how it works nor how it was designed to work. The supers serve as an Establishment cadre who state their preference and retain that preference until the convention, in hopes of influencing the primaries and preventing "extreme" candidates from winning. Once at the convention, however, they have always given their votes to the candidate with the most pledged delegates at the convention.
Should Bernie arrive with the most pledged delegates, and should the supers decide not to change their votes at that time -- then I'll care, and I wager a lot of us will care. We'll see how it plays out.