Definitions for superdelegate
ˈsu pərˌdɛl ɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪtsu·perdel·e·gate

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1. superdelegatenoun

   A member of the Democratic Party who has been selected to attend the national convention to help select a nominee for president.

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1. Superdelegate

   In American politics, a superdelegate is an unpledged delegate to the Democratic National Convention who is seated automatically and chooses for themselves for whom they vote. These Democratic Party superdelegates (who make up slightly under 15% of all convention delegates) include party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Democratic superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the presidential nomination. This contrasts with pledged delegates who are selected based on the party primaries and caucuses in each U.S. state, in which voters choose among candidates for the party's presidential nomination. On August 25, 2018, the Democratic National Committee agreed to reduce the influence of superdelegates by generally preventing them from voting on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention, allowing their votes only in a contested nomination.Superdelegates are not involved in the Republican Party nomination process. The state chairman and two district-level committee members from each state are automatically seated at the Republican National Convention, but they are mostly obliged to vote for their state's popular vote winner under the rules of the party branch to which they belong.Although the term superdelegate was originally coined and created to describe a type of Democratic delegate, the term has become widely used to describe these delegates in both parties. However, it is not an official term used by either party.

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1. Superdelegate

   "Superdelegate" is an informal term commonly used for some of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention or Republican National Convention. Unlike most convention delegates, the superdelegates are not selected based on the party primaries and caucuses in each U.S. state, in which voters choose among candidates for the party's presidential nomination. Instead, most of the superdelegates are seated automatically, based solely on their status as current or former party leaders and elected officials. Others are chosen during the primary season. All the superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the nomination. Although originally coined and created to describe this type of Democratic delegate, the term has become widely used to describe these delegates in both parties, even though it is not an official term used by either party. For Democrats, superdelegates fall into two categories: ⁕delegates seated based on other positions they hold, who are formally described as "unpledged party leader and elected official delegates"; and ⁕additional unpledged delegates selected by each state party, who are formally described as "unpledged add-on delegates" and who need not hold any party or elected position before their selection as delegates.

How to pronounce superdelegate?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of superdelegate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of superdelegate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of superdelegate in a Sentence

1. Donna Edwards:

   First of all, I didn’t even know I was a superdelegate.

2. Steve Israel:

   There is nothing that Bernie Sanders can do that would make me switch sides. I have an obligation as a superdelegate, number one, to reflect the will of the people in my congressional district … and, number two, to reflect my own priorities.

3. Larry Cohen:

   I ’m a superdelegate to fight to end superdelegates.

4. Steve Israel:

   There is nothing that Bernie Sanders can do that would make me switch sides. I have an obligation as a superdelegate, number one, to reflect the will of the people in my congressional district … and, number two, to reflect my own priorities and my priorities.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Superdelegate
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=superdelegate