Ricardo Hernandez

Mod 5

March 1, 2016

Unit 3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/01/would-democratic-superdelegates-steal-the-nomination-from-bernie-sanders-probably-not/

Would Democratic super-delegates steal the nomination from Bernie Sanders? 

As I am writing this blog post, Super Tuesday is underway where most states hold their primaries and caucuses.  From the democratic side of the race, Hillary Clinton has a modest lead over Bernie Sanders with delegates won from the states that already held their primaries and caucuses. But when it comes to the Super-Delegates of the Democratic party, they overwhelmingly support Clinton and make Clinton have a lead of over 400 delegates as opposed to Bernie Sanders. The Bernie Sanders supporters have become a bit frustrated and have asked how big of a role these Super-Delegates have when it comes to the Democratic Nomination. But will all those Super- Delegates help Clinton when it comes time for the Democratic National Convention? The answer is yes and no. Super-Delegates only make up about 15% of all the delegates.  In 2008 Clinton had support from Super-Delegates early on in that presidential race as opposed to Barack Obama. But, as Obama gained momentum and popularity of the people, Super-Delegates shifted towards Obama a bit more. Which in turn later helped him to win the nomination. Luckily for Clinton, she has 150 more Super-Delegates compared to her 08' campaign around this time. In conclusion, Super Delegates tend to be more responsive of what the Democratic Constituent's want and the national race.  

Reading this article and "feeling the Bern" somewhat, I think that it was an interesting topic. Considering how popular Bernie Sanders is on the internet, I would think that he'd have more support. But then I remembered that he is an independent and not technically a Democrat. As Mr. Sontheimer said, it could be used against him. But anything is possible, if Trump can get this far then Sanders could win the nomination. The only thing that he would have to do is gain momentum and win the primaries to persuade super delegates onto his side. As we learned in class, super delegates only pertain to the Democratic party.