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This list tracks the support for given candidates among the 716 unpledged delegates (commonly known as superdelegates) who were eligible to cast a vote at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, held July 25–28, 2016, in Philadelphia.
The 2016 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention, held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 25 to 28, 2016.The convention gathered delegates of the Democratic Party, the majority of them elected through a preceding series of primaries and caucuses, to nominate a candidate for president and vice president in the 2016 United States ...
Superdelegates are elected officials and members of the Democratic National Committee who vote at the Democratic National Convention for their preferred candidate. Also known as unpledged delegates, they comprise 15% of the convention (712 votes out of 4,763) and they may change their preference at any time.
A delegate is a person who will attend the Democratic or Republican National Convention in July. Each delegate will vote for a presidential candidate. How are delegates chosen? When you vote in a primary or caucus, you’re helping to select a pledged delegate. Pledged delegates have promised to vote for a specific candidate in the convention.
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 ...
The 2016 Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton (at podium, left) became the first female presidential nominee of a major party in the United States. The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party.
Charlotte Pritt, West Virginia state delegate (1980–1984), West Virginia state senator (1984–1996), Democratic nominee for Governor (1996) [5] Andrew Martin, Nevada state assemblyman (2013–2015) [5] Catherine Mulholland, New Hampshire state representative [17] David Schapira, Arizona state senator (2011–2013) [5]
2016 Democratic National Convention; K. Humayun Khan (soldier) ... List of superdelegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention This page was last ...