Reply #26: All delegates are equal, but some are more equal than others [View All]

[JPZenger]

All delegates are equal, but some delegates are more equal than others.

On the average, a vote by one superdelegate is equal to the votes of 20,000 Democratic voters in a primary election.

A thead today by a culinary union official on www.dailykos describes how delegates who were elected to vote for Obama in Nevada are being called multiple times to vote for Clinton by the Clinton campaign. Those aren't superdelegates - they are actually supposed to represent the voters in their area.

The rules vary from state to state on whether elected/pledged delegates need to vote to follow the will of their local voters. For example, in Pennsylvania, some of the pledged delegates are only obligated to vote for the winning candidate in the first ballot.