Thursday, January 10, 2008

Obama and Clinton Won NH

Obama and Clinton walk away from the NH Democratic primary each with the same number of delegates.

Unfortunately, Hillary has more superdelegates. Superdelegates are the party "insiders" who are guaranteed a seat at the National Convention. They are generally elected office holders, such as the members of Congress, as well as party officials. There are about 800 superdelegates. A presidential candidate needs the support of about 2000 delegates to win the party nomination. Superdelegates need not vote for the candidate chosen by the voters. This whole superdelegate thing sure seems undemocratic to me.

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