Question about convention delegate announcements
It's been years since I watched a convention, pretty much since they stopped being contested. But it used to be that during the roll call, someone from each state group would stand up and say something like: "Mr. Chairman (or something) the great state of Framis, home of the Framis Metal Works, proudly casts leventy-leven votes for the next President of the United States, Bugs Bunny.
Now I am wondering, does that count include super delegates? Heck, maybe there weren't even superdelegates years ago, I don't remember. Looking it up, superdelegates seem to have been created in the early 1980s, so maybe the old counts I remember didn't include them.
Of course, pandemonium broke loose when someone achieved the necessary number of delegates. But if they think they can throw the nomination to Hillary via the supers if Bernie has the pledged, think again.
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