Reply #37: You want the "super delegates" the right to decide who they want to be the nominee. [View All]

[LiberalFighter]

These "super delegates" are involved in the working operations of the party at different levels.

They are an organization that can make their own rules and the rules are voted on by the members from each state. They receive input from their members who have served in different capacities from local campaigns to major campaigns. Even the pledged delegates are for the most part actively involved more directly in their local Democratic Party organization. Few if any are outsiders. If the DNC committee members want to change the rules they can do so. If they wanted to make all state, district, county party officers delegates they could do that too. But they don't. Only two members of the state party generally the chair and vice are automatic delegates. If they had every officer as a delegate the result would be at least 368 delegates here in Indiana. And they only provide slots to Congressional members, Governors and some major cities as automatic. Again, that could result in a potential 96 delegates instead of the 6 that we receive. It appears at this point that votes these super delegates have shouldn't be as big an issue.

Unless, they are breaking the law which they aren't in this case they don't have to consider your opinion. They could decide that the only individuals that would be entitle to vote on the nominee would be members of the Democratic Party. Possibly if they used caucuses that only permitted bonafide Democrats they might give all votes "equal weight". I'm sure that they gave serious consideration to this issue and was discussed at length along the lines of the previous paragraph.

The super delegates are also a good representation of those living in their state. State DNC members are generally elected by state convention delegates. Those state convention delegates are individuals that vote for national convention delegates for their congressional districts. State party chairs and vices are elected or approve the top elected leader of the party. If elected it is by district chairs and vices who were elected by county chairs and vices in their districts. And those county chairs and vices are elected by precinct chairs and vices that are either elected or appointed that live in the voting locations. The only exception would be that not every state has 2 Democratic Senators or a Democratic Governor or a Democratic Representative in every congressional district. But that this is suppose to be a Democratic Party organization and if those areas don't elect Democrats representation is reduced.

The problem is that the nomination process has been extended to the general public in some degree. And because of that the public has the expectation that they are entitled to decide everything.

The other problem is that people are making a big to do about nothing. The key about super delegates is that their endorsement of a candidate is not permanent. They can change it over and over and over until they vote. Even then they can change their mind if none of the candidates receives the requisite number of votes.