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Line 1: − + − 20% of the delegates to the [[Democratic]] national convention are '''superdelegates''', giving them power to change the outcome in a close race for the presidential nomination.+ + + − The [[Democrats]] adopted this system of '''superdelegates''' to avert another fiasco like that experienced in 1972, when the purely democratic nomination process produced an electable candidate for president, [[George McGovern]].
McG was "un"-electable
A '''superdelegate''' is a delegate to the [[Democratic]] national convention by virtue of holding office rather than being elected as a delegate as part of the primary system.
A '''superdelegate''' to the [[Democratic]] national convention holds office rather without being elected as part of the [[primary system]].
One fifth of the delegates to the [[Democratic]] national convention are '''superdelegates''', giving them power to change the outcome in a close race for the presidential nomination.
The [[Democrats]] adopted this system of '''superdelegates''' to avert another fiasco like that experienced in 1972, when the purely democratic nomination process produced an unelectable candidate for president, [[George McGovern]].
[[category:politics]]
[[category:politics]]