Sentences with phrase «as superdelegates»

(Unpledged delegates are more commonly known as superdelegates.)

Former Presidents also tend to retain significant influence within their political party (e.g. as superdelegates to their party's convention for Democrats).

She attended this summer's Democratic National Convention as a superdelegate for Hillary Clinton — something that comes with a committee position.

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The app should have a special interface for party surrogates and superdelegates, by which they can vote each day as to which of the available talking points are better.

Monday, Sanders campaign secretary compared superdelegates to «football recruits» and Reuters reported Bernie backers have taken up the cause as their own.

So a little - known DNC committee member might be a superdelegate, as well as former President Bill Clinton.

Superdelegates are party insiders of all sorts — they include state and national elected officials, as well as Democratic National Committee members.

The former Assembly Speaker resigned as a Democratic superdelegate in February, a state Democratic Party spokesman confirmed.

More fun on the grassroots front: as has been reported, Sanders supporters have been publicly posting contact information for Democratic superdelegates and encouraging people to help «persuade» them to endorse the Vermont senator.

A commission set up to help reform the Democratic presidential nominating process has voted to restrict the number of superdelegates as part of a slew of changes.

In contrast to the United States, party leaders in Britain are selected by the equivalent of superdelegates, such as members of Parliament.