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This list tracks the presumed support (based on endorsements) for given United States presidential candidates among the 775 unpledged delegates (commonly known as superdelegates, and referred to in the 2020 election cycle as "automatic delegates" [1]) who were eligible to cast a vote at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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 ...
These superdelegates include elected officials, and party activists and officials. They make up slightly under 15 percent of all convention delegates. [6] Superdelegates fall into four categories: [5] Elected members of the Democratic National Committee; Democratic Governors, including territorial governors and the Mayor of the District of Columbia
Superdelegates include sitting Democratic governors, U.S. senators and U.S. representatives, as well as members of the Democratic National Committee, former presidents and past DNC chairs ...
Democrats adopted this rule after the 2016 election in order to limit the power of unpledged delegates, formerly known as “superdelegates.” All Democratic governors, U.S. senators and ...
These include Democratic governors, U.S. senators and representatives, former presidents and DNC members. These automatic delegates, known informally as superdelegates, were the subject of much debate within the party for years because of their potential to influence the outcome of a close nomination fight despite not having been selected for ...
More than 40 Iowans will be in Chicago this week to serve as the state's delegates to the Democratic National Convention. ... Board member for the Iowa Farmers Union. Meet the Iowa DNC delegates ...
The Democratic Party uses pledged delegates and unpledged delegates (generally known as superdelegates or sometimes as automatic delegates), a combined system which had been introduced in 1984. Between 1984 and 2016, a candidate for the Democratic nomination had to win a majority of combined delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention.