A lot of people are up in arms about this, and I am one of them ...
The Democratic Party chooses its candidate based on the number of party delegates won through primaries and caucuses. But is also has a system called super delegates, which allows Democratic party leaders to override the voters.
In California, 2.13 million votes equals 207 pledged delegates, or 10,309 votes per delegate. In South Carolina, 68,000 votes gets you 14 delegates, or 4,857 votes per delegate. In Kansas, even in Kansas, you need 27,172 votes to garner 15 delegates, or about 1800 votes per delegate. But the super delegate system allows one big shot Democrat, one slimy bureaucrat, to assign a delegate without reflecting the will of a single constituent. Am I the only one worried these part leaders will vote overwhelmingly for the candidate who isn't talking about changing the ways of Washington?
Right, now Sens Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are veritably tied for pledged delegates, but Hillary leads the super delegate count 193 to 106. There are 4049 delegates in the Democratic nomination process and 796 of them are super delegates, a staggering 20% of the total delegates. The very existence of this system is an affront to democracy, but this year, it could literally determine the nominee. If Hillary loses on pledged delegates but wins because of super delegates, I will quit America.
In California, 2.13 million votes equals 207 pledged delegates, or 10,309 votes per delegate. In South Carolina, 68,000 votes gets you 14 delegates, or 4,857 votes per delegate. In Kansas, even in Kansas, you need 27,172 votes to garner 15 delegates, or about 1800 votes per delegate. But the super delegate system allows one big shot Democrat, one slimy bureaucrat, to assign a delegate without reflecting the will of a single constituent. Am I the only one worried these part leaders will vote overwhelmingly for the candidate who isn't talking about changing the ways of Washington?
Right, now Sens Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are veritably tied for pledged delegates, but Hillary leads the super delegate count 193 to 106. There are 4049 delegates in the Democratic nomination process and 796 of them are super delegates, a staggering 20% of the total delegates. The very existence of this system is an affront to democracy, but this year, it could literally determine the nominee. If Hillary loses on pledged delegates but wins because of super delegates, I will quit America.


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