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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, public figures and pollsters<ref>James Zogby, for example served as a 2016 Superdelegate </ref> and donors who can purchase a seat<ref>since the Clinton era. The Clinton's instituted this "reform".</ref>.
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, public figures and pollsters<ref>James Zogby, for example served as a 2016 Superdelegate </ref> and donors who can purchase a seat<ref>since the Clinton era. The Clinton's instituted this "reform".</ref>.
Approximately one fifth of the delegates to the [[Democratic]] national convention are '''superdelegates''', essentially holding veto power over the voters choice of a popular "insurgent candidate."<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/article/not-so-superdelegates/ Not So Superdelegates], By Ari Berman Editorial, ''The Nation'', January 31, 2008.</ref>.
Approximately one fifth of the delegates to the [[Democratic]] national convention are '''superdelegates''', essentially holding veto power over the voters choice of a popular "insurgent candidate"<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/article/not-so-superdelegates/ Not So Superdelegates], By Ari Berman Editorial, ''The Nation'', January 31, 2008.</ref>.
The Superdelegate plan was designed to re-take control of the Democratic party from "[extremist]]s" and outsiders that the DNC previously empowered [[George McGovern]], through a series of reforms, to invite into the party apparatus.
The Superdelegate plan was designed to re-take control of the Democratic party from "[extremist]]s" and outsiders that the DNC previously empowered [[George McGovern]], through a series of reforms, to invite into the party apparatus.