Reply #20: Their votes aren't weighed more heavily, but... [View All]

[SteppingRazor]

there are so many of them -- 796, to be precise -- that their votes can swing the nomination one way or the other, if a large majority of them decide to support one candidate. So far Hillary has 211 superdelegates to Obama's 128, with the rest standing by. That said, you have to remember that superdelegates can change their position on a whim, so their promises to vote for one candidate or another mean very little.