For the first time, Democratic superdelegates may decide their party's nominee. But what exactly is a delegate and why are they so important to Obama and Clinton, and Sen. John McCain and former ...

But all through the day Tuesday, announcements began to float from some of the 193 superdelegates who began the day uncommitted to either Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton. Among those declaring their ...

New Hampshire Democrats will send a full delegation to this summer’s Democratic National Convention after the national ...

In Rosenfeld and Schlozman’s formulation, the parties have become hollow shells of their former selves: “Strong on the ...

These are the so-called “superdelegates.” They have never actually swayed a nomination contest, but in 2016 they might have done so. In the wake of the Trump takeover of the Republican Party ...

Unlike delegates awarded through primaries and caucuses, superdelegates are not required to stay pledged to a specific candidate. In 2008, the Democratic Party has designated 796 super delegates.

There are still “superdelegates” — party officials and leaders and establishment figures — but as part of changes the Democratic National Committee made after the 2016 primaries ...

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The CNN delegate estimate reflects the results of various primaries and caucuses as well as the results of an independent CNN survey of Democratic superdelegates and unbound RNC delegates.

James Hunt of North Carolina. The party created a new group of "SUPERDELEGATES," party and elected officials who would go to the 1984 convention "uncommitted" and cast about 14% of the ballots.

Though the Sanders campaign has vowed to aggressively court the nearly 700 uncommitted and pro-Clinton superdelegates, nearly a dozen party leaders and elected officials reached by National Review ...

She is heading up meetings, offering unvarnished advice, writing talking points and reaching out to superdelegates. At the end of the day, she falls asleep beside two BlackBerrys. She is doing it ...