It's time for Democrats to abandon the concept of Superdelegates. Using the Superdelegate rules, party establishment insiders were able to pack the DNC Convention with Hillary votes and deny the nomination to Bernie Sanders, who was the clear favorite of the Democrats' rank and file voters in the primaries and caucuses..
On the other side, the Republican establishment was't so lucky: since there are no Superdelegates in the GOP, the party insiders were forced to accept the nomination of outsider Donald Trump because he was the candidate who had accumulated the most delegates in the primaries. They didn't like it, but there was nothing that they could do about it.
In the end, one has to wonder if the election would have been more interesting if there had been outsider candidates on both sides, candidates who had enthusiastic, dedicated followings; a general election pitting Bernie vs Donald. Only the Superdelegate machinations prevented it, to disastrous effect for the Democrats. The era of party bosses picking nominees may be over.
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