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[[File:Hillary on the campaign trail.jpg|right|400px|thumb|As corrupt as the Superdelegate system is, rules were expanded in the Clinton era allowing for [[lobbyist]]s and donors to purchase voting seats at the Democratic National Convention.]]

[[File:Hillary on the campaign trail.jpg|right|300px|thumb|As corrupt as the Superdelegate system is, rules were expanded in the Clinton era allowing for [[lobbyist]]s and donors to purchase voting seats at the Democratic National Convention.]]

A '''Superdelegate''' is a position of privilege bestowed upon certain voting delegates to the National [[Democratic]] Presidential Nominating Convention who are awarded their status outside the ordinary election process. Most are sitting members of congress, governors, big city mayors, party bosses, past elected officials, pollsters,<ref>James Zogby, for example served as a 2016 Superdelegate. Amazingly, neither Zogby nor the DNC see this as a conflict of interest from an ethical point of view. Zogby, who's never been elected to anything, evidently had been rewarded for his service to the party despite being referred to in news accounts for more than two decades as a "public opinion" pollster rather than a "Democratic pollster".</ref> and registered lobbyists<ref>[http://truthinmedia.com/report-lobbyists-among-democratic-superdelegates/ Report Finds Registered Lobbyists Among Democratic Superdelegates], By Barry Donegan -

A '''Superdelegate''' is a position of privilege bestowed upon certain voting delegates to the National [[Democratic]] Presidential Nominating Convention who are awarded their status outside the ordinary election process. Most are sitting members of congress, governors, big city mayors, party bosses, past elected officials, pollsters,<ref>James Zogby, for example served as a 2016 Superdelegate. Amazingly, neither Zogby nor the DNC see this as a conflict of interest from an ethical point of view. Zogby, who's never been elected to anything, evidently had been rewarded for his service to the party despite being referred to in news accounts for more than two decades as a "public opinion" pollster rather than a "Democratic pollster".</ref> and registered lobbyists<ref>[http://truthinmedia.com/report-lobbyists-among-democratic-superdelegates/ Report Finds Registered Lobbyists Among Democratic Superdelegates], By Barry Donegan -

Mar 15, 2016. truthinmedia.com</ref> who can purchase a seat.<ref>since the Clinton era. The Clinton's instituted this "reform".</ref>

Mar 15, 2016. truthinmedia.com</ref> who can purchase a seat.<ref>since the Clinton era. The Clinton's instituted this "reform".</ref>