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Bernin4U

(812 posts)
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:28 PM Mar 2016

Superdelegates should throw their vote to the most electable.

Seems to me, if superdelegates have any real purpose, it's to ensure that the candidate to win the party nomination is the one proven to be the most electable.

A candidate who doesn't energize voters in blue and purple states, who doesn't energize the largest voting bloc (independents), but does strongly energize the opposition, should be exactly the type of candidate to be overridden by the supers, no matter that said candidate managed to win the popular vote.

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Superdelegates should throw their vote to the most electable. (Original Post) Bernin4U Mar 2016 OP
I disagree. Super delegates should not even exist in the first place and should never be counted. LonePirate Mar 2016 #1
+1 demmiblue Mar 2016 #2
While I agree that they shouldn't exist the fact is they do Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #4
I also disagree BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #3
Agreed. Mufaddal Mar 2016 #5
They generally go with RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #6

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
1. I disagree. Super delegates should not even exist in the first place and should never be counted.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:01 PM
Mar 2016

They have no place in a democratic republic such as ours.

Cassiopeia

(2,603 posts)
4. While I agree that they shouldn't exist the fact is they do
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:27 PM
Mar 2016

and the OP is dead on. If we buck what the blue and purple states say and go with what the red states say instead we will lose the GE.

The SD's need to put their vote towards the strongest GE candidate if they wish to keep the WH and have a shot of rebuilding our strength in the House and Senate.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
3. I also disagree
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:27 PM
Mar 2016

They should't exist because they're undemocratic, but since they do exist, they should align their votes based on the allocation of regular delegates by each state.

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