This election cycle, I discovered that we have something in America called a superdelegate.
Republicans don’t have them – yet. Only Democrats have these “special” delegates who are not chosen by the people but by the party.
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 (“PLEOs”). Others are chosen during the primary season. All the superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the nomination.
Superdelegates are party hacks. The position is given as a reward for servicing the agenda of the DNC. Superdelegates do not represent any particular group of Americans. They are not voting for those Americans. They are voting on behalf of themselves and whatever they think will grow their own political power and prestige.
Politics is by its very nature a business of corruption. Power over people and their pocketbooks tends to stain the soul of the wielder. It may well be that the next President of the United States will be chosen by politically savvy individuals who are thinking only of their own wants and desires when they cast their votes.
That makes me very worried.