Question

Can you clarify for me what a Super Delegate is and how they came to be? How can one delegate pull more weight than another delegate. Don't they all have one vote? Is this lawful? -Linda

Let me first explain that a Superdelagate does not have anything to do with the Constitution. The term is a news media term for the unpledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the United States Democratic Party. These delegates are selected solely on their status as current or former party leaders and elected officials of the Democratic Party. They are not elected in primaries, caucuses or conventions.

Superdelagates are different because they are not elected as such and they are not obligated to vote for a particular candidate. They do not have more than one vote in the national convention.

The superdelagate is very legal. There has been some that have proposed constitutional amendments that would regulate the political parties but to date the convention process is up to the states and the parties.

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