DNC favoring Hillary is something they are allowed to do. They are not allowed to act on that in official capacity. Do you have a list of actions that were taken?
I'd say the existence of super delegates is pretty unethical. Sort of undermines the idea that we pick our candidates.
I recall looking over the names of the super delegates for my state of NY, thinking maybe they'd be better for Bernie. Here are two of the names I distinctly recall: Bill Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand. IOW not exactly unbiased people.
Origins of superdelegates (according to Wiki):
After the 1968 Democratic National Convention, at which pro-Vietnam War liberal Hubert Humphrey was nominated for the presidency despite not running in a single primary election, the Democratic Party made changes in its delegate selection process to correct what was seen as "illusory" control of the nomination process by primary voters.[12] A commission headed by South Dakota Senator George McGovern and Minnesota Representative Donald M. Fraser met in 1969 and 1970 to make the composition of the Democratic Party's nominating convention less subject to control by party leaders and more responsive to the votes cast in primary elections.
(emphasis mine)
The problem is they have come to be tools of the establishment, as highlighted
here. Clinton won NY by a 58-42 margin.
Now this:
“I would not under any circumstances switch my allegiance from Secretary Clinton to Senator Sanders,” Queens Congressman Gregory Meeks said.
The other four New York superdelegates — who can pledge and withdraw their allegiance to a nominee based on their personal preference — also would never pull their support from Clinton, their spokespeople said.
makes sense because Hillary was overwhelmingly popular in NYC. In fact, if you look at the map, she won NYC, Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse (but interestingly not Albany).
In spite of Sanders winning 15 states — including some by an 80%-20% margin — over 94% of the 498 superdelegates have said they are backing Clinton.
Clinton has 469 superdelegate votes, compared to just 29 for Sanders.
I also counted 22 superdelegates from NY who represented the DNC, which as we now know, was strongly supportive of HRC.
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DNC favoring Hillary is something they are allowed to do. They are not allowed to act on that in official capacity. Do you have a list of actions that were taken?
I'd say the existence of super delegates is pretty unethical. Sort of undermines the idea that we pick our candidates.
I recall looking over the names of the super delegates for my state of NY, thinking maybe they'd be better for Bernie. Here are two of the names I distinctly recall: Bill Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand. IOW not exactly unbiased people.
Origins of superdelegates (according to Wiki):
After the 1968 Democratic National Convention, at which pro-Vietnam War liberal Hubert Humphrey was nominated for the presidency despite not running in a single primary election, the Democratic Party made changes in its delegate selection process to correct what was seen as "illusory" control of the nomination process by primary voters.[12] A commission headed by South Dakota Senator George McGovern and Minnesota Representative Donald M. Fraser met in 1969 and 1970 to make the composition of the Democratic Party's nominating convention less subject to control by party leaders and more responsive to the votes cast in primary elections.
(emphasis mine)
The problem is they have come to be tools of the establishment, as highlighted
here. Clinton won NY by a 58-42 margin.
Now this:
“I would not under any circumstances switch my allegiance from Secretary Clinton to Senator Sanders,” Queens Congressman Gregory Meeks said.
The other four New York superdelegates — who can pledge and withdraw their allegiance to a nominee based on their personal preference — also would never pull their support from Clinton, their spokespeople said.
makes sense because Hillary was overwhelmingly popular in NYC. In fact, if you look at the map, she won NYC, Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse (but interestingly not Albany).
In spite of Sanders winning 15 states — including some by an 80%-20% margin — over 94% of the 498 superdelegates have said they are backing Clinton.
Clinton has 469 superdelegate votes, compared to just 29 for Sanders.
I also counted 22 superdelegates from NY who represented the DNC, which as we now know, was strongly supportive of HRC.