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Under party rules, automatic delegates shall "legally reside in their respective state and ... shall be recognized as part of their state's delegation" (Rule 9.E). [7] For example, in the 2008 convention, former Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis was a superdelegate (by virtue of his position as a past DNC chair), but because he had moved to Florida in 2006, he was counted as part of the Florida ...
This is a list of Democratic party unpledged delegates, also known as superdelegates or automatic delegates, [1] who voted in the 2008 Democratic National Convention, the culmination of the party's presidential nominating process that began with the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses.
They're really important people in the Democratic nominating process, but how does the party figure out who gets to be one?
Unpledged delegates represent about 15% of the overall convention votes (4,767 delegates, 4,763 votes) and come from several categories of prominent Democratic Party members: 437 elected members (with 433 votes) from the Democratic National Committee (including the chairs and vice-chairs of each state's Democratic Party)
The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to significantly curtail the power of superdelegates.
With North Carolina’s March 5 primary right around the corner, we’ve compiled answers on how the primary works, what Super Tuesday is, delegate allocation and more.
The most prominent result of the commission was the creation of superdelegates. [2] Additionally, it lowered the percentage of delegates needed to gain representation at the convention, to 25% for primary states, and 20% for those holding caucuses.
The 1976 campaign was the first in which primaries and caucuses carried more weight than the old boss-dominated system. Carter exploited this, competing in every contest and won so many delegates that he held an overwhelming majority of the delegates at the convention. See also: 1976 United States presidential election