• Emmy@lemmy.nz
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    4 months ago

    It was incredibly anti-democratic. The superdelegate system is designed to stop democracy from occurring in the party and ensure the candidate is picked by big donors.

    • LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      You’re right, superdelegates are bullshit. They didn’t play into Biden beating Bernie, although they could have if it was closer. As I understand it the rules have been revised so that superdelegates can’t fuck up the first vote, but could if there are additional rounds. Regardless they should be eliminated.

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      4 months ago

      Surely you are aware that after 2016 the Sanders campaign worked with the DNC to overhaul the superdelegate system, right? Not that it actually made any difference in either primary.

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        4 months ago

        This is what kills me about that argument. Yeah the idea of super delegates is scummy, but that’s all it ever was. An idea. It wasn’t implemented. People of concocted this fiction where the vote was stolen. It’s just nonsense.