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« on: July 23, 2016, 07:41:49 PM »

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/23/democrats-vote-to-bind-most-superdelegates-to-state-primary-results/


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« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2016, 07:49:26 PM »

Looks like a good compromise although I really don't see the point in having super delegates that are bound to the state vote. Then they arent supers, they are just more bound delegates. I assume the media will just add their votes to the bound votes and not refer to them as supers in the future, limiting that to the actual unbound supers.

As for caucuses, they have to find a way to increase participation in those. Not sure how, but the participation rates for caucuses is embarrassing small and not representative of the electorate.  Having it be easier for non-Dems to vote in primaries is find, but I still think that people should be required to register with the party (but allow same day registration). Basically you got to join to vote, but make it easy to join (no more requiring people to do it months ahead of time).
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« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2016, 09:03:23 PM »

Looks like a good compromise although I really don't see the point in having super delegates that are bound to the state vote. Then they arent supers, they are just more bound delegates. I assume the media will just add their votes to the bound votes and not refer to them as supers in the future, limiting that to the actual unbound supers.
The Republicans have this.  Each state has 3 RNC members as delegates, who are bound by the state's results.  Remember, other things happen at conventions besides the vote for the nominee.  Beyond even the rules and platform votes, conventions are opportunities for networking and collaboration that influential people in the party would want to be a part of.
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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2016, 03:11:22 AM »

Great news.
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« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2017, 09:17:17 AM »

*bump*

RCP has a new story out about one drawback of either eliminating supers or limiting their flexibility re: who they can vote for.  You increase the chances of a contested convention:

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If the Dems are going to limit the options for supers, they should think through some other ways to either prevent a contested convention or make it run smoothly.  Because the fact that the Dems use proportional allocation for their delegate allocation makes a contested con more likely for them than it is for the GOP.

The other thing that people don't really talk about with supers is what about the role of delegates for candidates who've dropped out?  Don't they become free agents as well once the candidate they're pledged to is out of the race?  Doesn't that also present some problems re: how democratic the process is, and is there any way to fix it?
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« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2017, 12:09:28 PM »

But contested conventions would make things so much more fun Cheesy
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