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« on: April 12, 2016, 03:09:32 PM » |
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There's actually some logic to superdelegates, though probably not what those who established the system originally intended: they're useful in preventing a "Zombie Candidacy" scenario, in which a candidate is fatally damaged but still has a majority of pledged delegates: imagine, for example, if Edwards had picked up steam in the 2008 cycle and had won the most pledged delegates, and then his affair came to light after that point. It would have been highly embarrassing, but the superdelegates could have voted for someone else on the first ballot, thrown the convention open, and then nominated another candidate.
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