2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The concept of "flipping" Supers [View all]Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)Here's a very good background and analysis of the situation as it stands now:
https://www.laprogressive.com/bernie-could-still-win/
Supers also are not supposed to declare before the end of the process. Otherwise, they influence the vote along the way, as has happened heavily in this election. Each time there was a vote, the media showing supers added in unduly influenced the outcome. People were deceived into thinking, "well she's way ahead already, I may as well just vote for the winner". The fact is, a lot of votes and delegates were stolen from Sanders in that way.
So if anything, he is OWED some compensation and reconsideration by the Party (before they even look at his better chance of winning in November). Unless that is, they would like to just go with holding a blatantly RIGGED election.