Thread: Please, Explain Super Delegates
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Old 05-01-2008, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by CrusaderRabbit08 View Post
The Democratic Party is a private organization; not a government agency. The Constitution doesn't apply to their primaries. A primary is a private selection process to determine who will represent a political party in the general election. Therefore, they get to make up their own rules.
Exactly. They are really totally free in this regard. They could have the thing decided by a swimsuit competition if they wanted to.

But another reason for the supers was to get party officials more involved with the candidates. The system makes the candidates care about the supers. And the idea is then that the supers will do a better job promoting the candidate.
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