The 712 superdelegates, though, are still only less than a third of the 2,382 total delegates needed to win the nomination. The AP found that 359 of the delegates have committed to Clinton.
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Superdelegates can support the candidate of their choice at the Democratic National Convention, regardless of what happens in the primaries and caucuses.
There’s no better measure of that establishment than unpledged party leaders and elected official delegates, better known as “superdelegates”. Of course, it would be great to have our first female president!
He added that he wouldn’t want to detract from the Democratic candidates’ votes as an independent candidate.
In fact, Mr. Sanders believes it is fair game for him to talk at Saturdays debate about the federal investigation into her use of a private email server as secretary of state, his advisers said.
“A lot of people my age usually don’t have a candidate, but a lot of us like Bernie”, said Democrat Amur El Bey, 19, a student in Charlotte, N.C. “He seems like one of the few honest politicians up there who isn’t insane”. They include Alexandra Gallardo-Rooker, a vice-chair in the California Democratic Party who said she is leaning toward Clinton but hasn’t decided yet.
Clinton’s increased focus on winning delegates has paid off, putting her way ahead of where she was at this time eight years ago. In December 2007, Clinton had public endorsements from 169 superdelegates, according to an AP survey.
Sanders, on the other hand, has never been a registered Democrat and does not have the kind of party roots that the Clintons have. “Since day one we have not taken this nomination for granted and that will not change”.
Three of five Guam superdelegates said they supported Clinton and two didn’t respond. But few openly criticized Sanders and a handful endorsed him.
Juan Sanchez III with the Democratic Party of New Mexico said he’s talking with fellow Democrats and students around the state about income equality, college debt and pathways to citizenship for immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children. The uncommitted or unknown superdelegates are DNC members John Currie, Lizette Delgado-Polanco, Reni Erdos, Marcia Marley and George Norcross as well as Sen.
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Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calls on Congress to end the trade embargo the USA has imposed against Cuba since 1962, Friday, July 31, 2015, during a campaign stop at Florida worldwide University in Miami.
