2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dem precinct chair/Sanders voter appalled at slams against super delegates being launched here. [View all]eomer
(3,845 posts)It's likely the only time the question can get the attention broadly of most constituents of the party. And they are the ones who ought to run the party and decide issues like this - it ought to be a democratic party in addition to being the Democratic Party.
I've also put in thousands of hours (as a precinct captain during general election) and don't think that I should get any more of a vote than my one vote in the primary in my state. My GOTV efforts already mean that I have more effect on the result than just my one vote; I don't need or deserve any more than that.
And let's be clear - the intent and effect of the super delegate system renders the democratic process of selecting a nominee a sham. In effect the people are allowed to select their nominee so long as they select the right one. If they select the wrong one then the party establishment (most of which is corrupt) will nullify democracy (which means it was never real) and substitute their choice for the choice of the people.
And this system is painfully reminiscent of the way the U.S. handles elections in other countries all too often. If the people elect the right person (with our covert money and propaganda tilting the scales) then the election was "democratic". If they don't elect the right person then we know how to fix that, one way or another.
Sorry but, no, the kind of privilege you think you deserve is anti-democratic and part of the problem, one of the reasons (one small one out of a plethora) that our country is not a democracy.