Restoring Trust and Reducing Perceived Influence: Superdelegates and the 2020 Democratic Nomination

The Trumpization of the Grand Old Party

“…Although state party chairs and two district-level committee members from each state are automatic delegates to the Republican National Convention, they are bound by party rules to vote for the popular vote winner in their constituency (Republican Party n.d.). Ironically, perhaps, the Democrats effectively de-fanged their own super delegates prior to the 2020 convention by disallowing them to vote on the first ballot(Jewitt 2020). …”