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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: There's no such thing as "superdelegates" and that term needs to be retired [View all]LiberalFighter
(50,876 posts)46. There are several categories for automatic delegates.
1) Current and former Presidents, Vice-Presidents (3 of each)
2) Former congressional leaders (House Speakers, Senate Minority/Majority Leaders, etc.) (4)
3) current and former DNC chairs (17)
4) Democratic Senators
5) Democratic U.S. Representatives
6) Democratic governors
7) Chairs and Vice Chairs of state parties
They all are members due to being elected to those positions either now or in the past.
The remaining are allocated among the states based on Democratic voter turnout and either elected by state delegates to the state convention or by the state party. In the case of Tennessee they are elected by the state party committee.
On that note, Bill Owen was a former state senator. He supported Tom Perez to be DNC Chair.
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There's no such thing as "superdelegates" and that term needs to be retired [View all]
AGeddy
Feb 2020
OP
Wrong. The DNC members like Tom Perez aren't elected by voters. They are elected by other insiders.
DanTex
Feb 2020
#17
They are DNC insiders because they are members of a private organization.
LiberalFighter
Feb 2020
#38
And why on earth would warren, Klobuchar or anybody running be superdelegates
jimfields33
Feb 2020
#27
"party insiders" aren't unpledged delegates. Only office holders chosen by voters.
AGeddy
Feb 2020
#10
Lol. You don't know much about the process of governance in the Democratic Party, do you?
ehrnst
Feb 2020
#53
Revolutions don't really go well with elections. You do know the one denies the other, yes?
LanternWaste
Feb 2020
#22
Ok 'cause they've been around since the mid 80's and they've been commonly referred
Voltaire2
Feb 2020
#50
No big thing. Obama and Bill Clinton are also unpledged delegates. Hillary isn't, but should be.
George II
Feb 2020
#15
I've been around since superdelegates were created and they've always been called that.
doxyluv13
Feb 2020
#35
Their official name is "automatic delegates", also known ans "unpledged delegates"
AGeddy
Feb 2020
#36
You seriously think Nancy Pelosi has "a hostile outlook on Democratic elected officials"?...
PoliticAverse
Feb 2020
#51