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Reply #22: Superdelegates weren't designed to "amplify the decision of The People.'
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Hart2008
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Sun Feb-10-08 10:42 AM
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22. Superdelegates weren't designed to "amplify the decision of The People.' |
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They were designed so that party insiders could game the system and prevent another Jimmy Carter from emerging in '84. Mondale started with about 500 of the approx. 560 superdelegates.
After Mondale lost California in June of '84, he needed to make deals with another 40 superdelegates to lock up the nomination.
That system wasn't designed to do anything but to hand the nomination to Mondale, so he could lose 49 states.
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