Reply #14: That seems like a reasonable solution. [View All]

[ozone_man]

I think the 800+ super delegates come to play mostly in a three way race, where no one is close to 50%.

A dead even, two candidate race still runs into a situation where each candidate has 80% of the number required 2,025, which is what we're heading into. It seems simpler and less contentious to let a plurality of pledged delegates decide. I think the original premise for the super delegate system was flawed. They didn't like McGovern basically. They thought he was a weak candidate, so the Party wanted to have a bigger say in the nomination process.