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Eliminate the superdelegate system as undemocratic

Created by D.S. on March 09, 2016

The superdelegate system promotes public disinformation about the popularity and results of presidential primaries, and can lead to nomination of a candidate rejected by the party citizenry. This deception is exacerbated by the media's own tendency to report primary results in terms of both real delegates and superdelegates combined. Superdelegates can vote for any candidate they want, rather than reflect the will of primary voters. Even if superdelegates eventually vote for the candidate(s) chosen by the primary voters, at that point the public has already been misled into thinking that the candidate(s) the superdelegates formerly supported was/were chosen by the voteres. This can lead citizens to falsely conclude that their preferred candidate is unelectable, and not vote in primaries.

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