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[dragonlady]

Regular delegates are ordinary people (Democrats) like us. Each state gets a certain number of delegates. The exact method for selecting who becomes a delegate depends on your state party's delegate selection plan. You may find this by searching on "Democratic Party of (your state) delegate selection plan" or looking on your state party website. The percentage of votes a candidate gets in your primary or caucus determines how many of the people pledged to that candidate will become actual delegates to Denver. There may be some variations to this process, for example to make the delegation more inclusive of minorities, etc.

Super delegates are the Democratic governor, members of Congress, party leaders, and some others from your state who are listed in the delegate selection plan. They can vote for any candidate they want.