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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 </ref>, public figures 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, pollsters<ref>James Zogby, for example served as a 2016 Superdelegate </ref>, public figures 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 [[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>.
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.