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...These superdelegates are “unpledged”, meaning that they can support any candidate....
...There are also “unpledged” delegates, also known as “superdelegates”, who are free to support any candidate they choose....
...The party has since changed its rules to remove the votes of the unelected superdelegates in the first ballot at the presidential convention. They almost all went for Mrs Clinton....
...That includes superdelegates. These are the legislators, governors and other elected figures who are always hungry for cash. This week Mr Bloomberg donated $10m to congressional Democrats....
...Considering our rigged primary system — Hillary Clinton had more than 400 pledged superdelegates before the first vote was cast — he owed the Democratic Party nothing....
...Although he won 46 per cent of the elected delegates, he got almost no support from the unelected superdelegates, who make up almost a sixth of the overall count....
...Those numbers do not include superdelegates, the members of the Democratic Party elite who also get a vote and who currently favour Mrs Clinton by a ratio of 469 to 31....
...Almost immediately, Bernie Sanders rushed to dispute the AP’s announcement, saying he hadn’t lost yet because the superdelegates could change their minds at any point up to the convention....
...In a final fundraising push before Super Tuesday, Mr Sanders reminded supporters that the race was still far from over with “96 per cent of [the non-superdelegate] delegates . . . still up for grabs”....
...She must hit 2,383 to get over the line, and has won 594 through primaries, the rest through so-called superdelegates....
...After New York, where 291 delegates were at stake, Mrs Clinton had 1,893 delegates, including 469 superdelegates, while Mr Sanders had 1,180 delegates, 31 of whom were superdelegates....
...She is presently leading Mr Sanders with the support of 500 delegates, including 451 superdelegates, who can support any candidate, compared with Mr Sanders’s 70, of which just 19 are superdelegates....
...universal healthcare — two key Sanders policy platforms — for now they have decided to focus on tackling more specific, election-related problems, such as automatic voter registration, the elimination of superdelegates...
...Mr Sanders trails with just 818 pledged delegates and 26 superdelegates. Yet so far the Vermont senator has no plans to drop out the race....
...(Politico) Sanders faces tough sell with superdelegates The Vermont senator now aims to persuade the very people he said had rigged the system to vote for him....
...He is calling for Democratic superdelegates — the party elite who cast votes at the Democratic National Convention and overwhelmingly favour Mrs Clinton — to switch sides and support him instead....
...(TPM) Sanders is lobbying superdelegates It won’t save his campaign, but it may help to cement his influence on the party....
...The Associated Press called the Democratic primary in favour of Clinton last night after conducting a survey of publicly unpledged Democratic superdelegates who will help decide the primary’s outcome....
...Superdelegate Superdelegates are typically prominent members of a political party, such as elected officials or former office holders and party leaders, who are free to vote for whomever they want....
...(Politico) The system is not rigged against Sanders His supporters may be crying bloody murder, but nearly every nominating scenario – sans superdelegates, proportional, winner-take-all states, popular...
...Mrs Clinton continues to lead Mr Sanders, with 780 pledged delegates to Mr Sanders’ 546, and also leads him among superdelegates....
...Mrs Clinton won seven of Tuesday’s 11 Democratic primaries including Texas, boosting her tally of delegates and superdelegates to 1,052 of the 2,383 needed to win the Democratic nomination....
...commentary A responsibility I take seriously (President Barack Obama, SCOTUSBlog) The Trump-Sanders fantasy (Thomas B Edsall, NYT) The GOP’s authoritarian frontrunner (Jamelle Bouie, Slate) Democratic Party superdelegates...
...At this point, Mrs Clinton leads Mr Sanders with 503 delegates to his 70, with the vast majority of superdelegates — made up of the party elite, who are free to support any candidate — backing the former...
...But he faces the daunting challenge of needing to win 68 per cent of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates, party officials who can vote for any candidate, if he hopes to clinch the Democratic...
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