It may seem undemocratic for a party to select its candidates through "party insiders", but that is the current case. Luckily, we can make our voices heard through social media & hopefully appeal to the democratic ideals our party once stood for. Use the info below to contact SuperDelegates and please contact us on Twitter if you have ideas for improving this process.
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The foundation of our country and party is Democracy. We're asking SuperDelegates to commit to a simple request - Placing their votes with the majority of the group they represent. We ask unelected officials to side with the pledged delegate majority. Any SuperDelegate who commits this should (and will) be commended. We believe this is a reasonable request for any DNC SuperDelegate. After this election, we request the DNC abolish this practice and commit to conducting open elections on reliable voting machines for all states. Put plainly - We believe you should restore the party of the people, back to the people. Below we have included just a few examples of the conflict built into the current system.
In American politics, a superdelegate is an unpledged delegate to the Democratic National Convention who is seated automatically and chooses for themselves for whom they vote.
Compiled by the office of the Secretary as of February 28, 2017.
If Democrats want any hope of voting Trump out, they must fix the broken primary system before the next election.
A member of the 1982 commission explains why they created superdelegates and what they hoped to prevent.
You know, I always thought it was somewhat strange that so many Superdelegates had endorsed Hillary Clinton even many months before the Primary race started.
Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said that although the Democratic Party “wants to give every opportunity to grassroots activists.
Amid charges that she is blatantly tipping the presidential primary scales in favor of Hillary Clinton, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is coming under fresh fire from progressives who want her removed from her post immediately.
You might think dnc superdelegates are better than regular delegates, but particularly in the case of the Democratic Party, they're undemocratic, says Sally Kohn.
The term "superdelegates" has been tossed around since the 2016 New Hampshire primary, but why do they actually exist?
What role did these powerful politicians play in the Democratic nomination? And what makes a superdelegate so super anyway?
The Democratic Party's un-democratic nightmare is unlikely to unfold—but if it did, this summer's convention could make Chicago 1968 look like a picnic.
The 2020 DNC Convention is just around the corner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. If you want to make sure the DNC listens to the people so we can offer real change - Send them an email and contact your local representatives.