Superdelegates Will Remain Part Of Democratic Presidential Nomination Process

The Democratic Party will continue to use superdelegates as part of its nominating process under party rules formally approved Monday at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

David Palmer of Racine, a delegate for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, was among those who helped pass a non-binding resolution at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention calling for the end of superdelegates. At the Democratic National Convention, those efforts fell short although the DNC did vote to create a so-called “unity commission” that would require more superdelegates to vote the way their states did.

“That’s not as far as I’d like to go. I’d like to see none. But it’s a move in the right direction. And a lot of the things that we’re seeing with the platform are not as far as I’d like to go, but they’re a move in the right direction and that’s progress,” Palmer said.

Superdelegates are prominent Democrats and Democratic members of Congress who can support whomever they chose in Democratic primaries. In Wisconsin, most announced they would support presidential candidate Hillary Clinton even before the state’s primary.