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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, 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 never held office, 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/ </ref> 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, 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/ </ref> 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 for a [[populism|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 for a [[populism|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>.