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>Democratic voters haven't even had a say, and Hillary Clinton is already well on her way to becoming the party's nominee. That's because she's racked up well over 500 superdelegate commitments, according to a count by Bloomberg Politics.
>Superdelegates are party brass – ex-presidents, members of congress, state Democratic officials – who can vote for a candidate on top of pledged delegates, whose commitments are bound to the nominating contests they represent.
>The superdelegates make up about 20 percent of all the Democratic delegates casting votes for a nominee at the party's summer 2016 convention.
>'Today, Hillary has more support from superdelegates than all the pledged delegates awarded in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and a third of delegates awarded on Super Tuesday combined,' Clinton's manager Robby Mook said in a memo obtained by Bloomberg.
>Bill Clinton, a Democratic ex-president and thus a superdelegate himself, has been working behind the scenes to nail down commitments. Bloomberg reported that Clinton spoke to a mix of uncommitted and committed superdelegates on Tuesday night, making a plea for his wife.
>The former president spoke for about 15 minutes and didn't take questions, while campaign advisers Marion Marshall and Joel Benensen also chatted with superdelegates on the call.
>Some of Clinton's supporters are obvious, as a number of members of Congress endorsed the former senator and secretary of state early on.
>All Democratic members of congress are superdelegates unless, like Joe Lieberman did to John McCain in 2008, they endorse a member of the opposing party. In April, when she announced, Clinton had the support of 95 House Democrats and 32 senators as well.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3295202/No-wonder-Hillary-thinks-inevitable-votes-500-Democratic-establishment-superdelegates-locked-up.html
tl;dr, Sanders is doomed
>Superdelegates are party brass – ex-presidents, members of congress, state Democratic officials – who can vote for a candidate on top of pledged delegates, whose commitments are bound to the nominating contests they represent.
>The superdelegates make up about 20 percent of all the Democratic delegates casting votes for a nominee at the party's summer 2016 convention.
>'Today, Hillary has more support from superdelegates than all the pledged delegates awarded in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and a third of delegates awarded on Super Tuesday combined,' Clinton's manager Robby Mook said in a memo obtained by Bloomberg.
>Bill Clinton, a Democratic ex-president and thus a superdelegate himself, has been working behind the scenes to nail down commitments. Bloomberg reported that Clinton spoke to a mix of uncommitted and committed superdelegates on Tuesday night, making a plea for his wife.
>The former president spoke for about 15 minutes and didn't take questions, while campaign advisers Marion Marshall and Joel Benensen also chatted with superdelegates on the call.
>Some of Clinton's supporters are obvious, as a number of members of Congress endorsed the former senator and secretary of state early on.
>All Democratic members of congress are superdelegates unless, like Joe Lieberman did to John McCain in 2008, they endorse a member of the opposing party. In April, when she announced, Clinton had the support of 95 House Democrats and 32 senators as well.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3295202/No-wonder-Hillary-thinks-inevitable-votes-500-Democratic-establishment-superdelegates-locked-up.html
tl;dr, Sanders is doomed
