The superdelegate system was brought in after George McGovern crashed and burned and later concerns about Carter. It is a failsafe to ensure the DNC isn't forced to run an unelectable candidate or one who doesn't represent the party in any meaningful way. Without that failsafe, the DNC may well hand the Presidency to a right-wing extremist. The Party also has an interest in Congressional elections that run on the same day and a terrible candidate can hurt its candidates in those contests.
Since it was introduced, the superdelegates have never thwarted the will of the voters. The candidate who has won the most pledged delegates has always become the Democratic candidate. Bizarrely, Sanders is the one who wants the superdelegates to support him and overturn the popular vote.
The GOP is now confronted with the fact that it no longer has a party platform. Trump is now the head of the GOP and his policies are now the GOPs. And when the next presidential elections come around, policies may well be radically different. There is little continuity or heart left in the GOP.
Do you think the ALP or the LP don't ensure their candidates adhere to their party's platform? In both cases, party headquarters can override the preselection vote in the branches. And in no case can non-Branch members turn up to vote in preselection battles. Your view that everyone should be able to vote in every party preselection process and that vote should be respected without question is ridiculous. Both in the US and Australia, we have election processes that don't just apply the popular vote. In the US, they have a delegate system. In Australia, we have a representative system where a number of MPs are elected and then they select the PM. We don't even vote directly for the PM and we don't vote at all for GG. Democracy doesn't mean direct popular vote.
Good on Sanders for moving the DNC to the left. Hillary's too right-wing for mine as is the Democratic Party. Hillary is probably a lot more conservative than Turnbull. But there needs to be some continuity in a party's platform or else it doesn't really stand for anything.
Since it was introduced, the superdelegates have never thwarted the will of the voters. The candidate who has won the most pledged delegates has always become the Democratic candidate. Bizarrely, Sanders is the one who wants the superdelegates to support him and overturn the popular vote.
The GOP is now confronted with the fact that it no longer has a party platform. Trump is now the head of the GOP and his policies are now the GOPs. And when the next presidential elections come around, policies may well be radically different. There is little continuity or heart left in the GOP.
Do you think the ALP or the LP don't ensure their candidates adhere to their party's platform? In both cases, party headquarters can override the preselection vote in the branches. And in no case can non-Branch members turn up to vote in preselection battles. Your view that everyone should be able to vote in every party preselection process and that vote should be respected without question is ridiculous. Both in the US and Australia, we have election processes that don't just apply the popular vote. In the US, they have a delegate system. In Australia, we have a representative system where a number of MPs are elected and then they select the PM. We don't even vote directly for the PM and we don't vote at all for GG. Democracy doesn't mean direct popular vote.
Good on Sanders for moving the DNC to the left. Hillary's too right-wing for mine as is the Democratic Party. Hillary is probably a lot more conservative than Turnbull. But there needs to be some continuity in a party's platform or else it doesn't really stand for anything.