Comments on: Democrats Get Rid Of Superdelegates https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/25/democrats-get-rid-of-superdelegates/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: MikeN https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/25/democrats-get-rid-of-superdelegates/#comment-613532 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:56:19 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=30336#comment-613532 They became like the Republican superdelegates. They are only denied a vote on the first ballot. If the establishment can deny a majority on the first ballot, then the superdelegates are back in play. Exactly what they tried to do to Trump.

]]> By: Douglas C Alder https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/25/democrats-get-rid-of-superdelegates/#comment-612973 Sat, 25 Aug 2018 22:13:07 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=30336#comment-612973 According to this article https://ivn.us/2018/06/21/thought-superdelegates-bad-proposed-dnc-rule-nightmare/ they also made it possible to stop any person running for president from doing so as a Democrat if they don’t like his/her policy – i.o.w. they will never let Bernie or anyone who isn’t a corporate centrist run.

]]> By: MikeN https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/25/democrats-get-rid-of-superdelegates/#comment-612966 Sat, 25 Aug 2018 22:01:48 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=30336#comment-612966 You still have to declare a party to vote in a primary, unless they are giving you a ballot with both parties’ nominees on it. They just won’t record it.

> Republicans have super delegates too
They are obligated on the first ballot, so stopping Trump would not have worked here.
What they really could have tried was to bite the bullet and push Rubio out.
This would have tipped many hundreds of delegates towards Cruz, 100 in Texas alone.
However, an endorsement from the establishment might have hurt Cruz more than it helped.

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