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I have mixed feelings about this. Had the Republicans had such a mechanism Trump would have had a much harder road to the nomination, possibly not won it at all. It was a check on just such a demagog taking over the party.
On the other hand this very set up blocked the more popular candidate from gaining the nomination of the Democratic party. Something to be said for some sort of party control since the parties are the only filter to avoiding a mess such as the one we are in now.
Democratic Party officials voted Saturday to strip superdelegates of much of their power in the presidential nominating process, infuriating many traditionalists while handing a victory to the party's left flank.
The measure's overwhelming approval - met by cheers in a hotel ballroom in Chicago - concluded a tense summer meeting of the Democratic National Committee, which had labored over the issue since 2016. Superdelegates that year largely sided with Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, enraging Sanders' supporters.
Under the new rule, superdelegates - the members of Congress, DNC members and other top officials who made up about 15 percent of delegates that year - will not be allowed to vote on the first ballot at a contested national convention. The change could dramatically re-shape the calculous of future presidential campaigns, rendering candidates' connections to superdelegates less significant.
Full story: https://politi.co/2P3ittm
On the other hand this very set up blocked the more popular candidate from gaining the nomination of the Democratic party. Something to be said for some sort of party control since the parties are the only filter to avoiding a mess such as the one we are in now.
Democratic Party officials voted Saturday to strip superdelegates of much of their power in the presidential nominating process, infuriating many traditionalists while handing a victory to the party's left flank.
The measure's overwhelming approval - met by cheers in a hotel ballroom in Chicago - concluded a tense summer meeting of the Democratic National Committee, which had labored over the issue since 2016. Superdelegates that year largely sided with Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, enraging Sanders' supporters.
Under the new rule, superdelegates - the members of Congress, DNC members and other top officials who made up about 15 percent of delegates that year - will not be allowed to vote on the first ballot at a contested national convention. The change could dramatically re-shape the calculous of future presidential campaigns, rendering candidates' connections to superdelegates less significant.
Full story: https://politi.co/2P3ittm
