Delegates are necessary in the nomination process to represent a population's beliefs in whom should be presented as their party's candidate for primary presidential election. Contrary to popular belief the United States is not a direct democracy (one vote per person), rather it is a representative democracy. A concept whereby the general population votes and based on the outcome of the popular vote, nominating representatives are obliged to cast their votes on behalf of the population at large. This is best represented by the Electoral College, during a presidential primary election. Both the Republicans and the Democrats borrow from this concept in order to cast support for their nominees at their annual conventions. The origins of this hearken back to the early days of the United States where it was not easy to collect ballots for the population at large. Hence, our founding fathers devised the representative democracy concept. Each voting precinct would cast their votes and their delegate would then travel to a centralized location to cast their delegate vote based on the overall will of the voting population in their precinct.
At the nominating convention no aspirant has the necessary majority of delegates. Power, money, sex and other intangibles result in a contender's nomination or the nomination of a compromise candidate
There are 100 delegates in the Virginia House of Delegates.
What American delegates? American delegates to what? Michael Montagne
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who delegates for the purpose of moninating a political candidate for office?
Because they are often "super delegates" that get to vote in the nominating process. Thus they can disproportionate influence in the nomination.
1144 delegates are needed to win the 2012 Republican nomination.
Deciding the delegates
Enough.
Republicans do not have superdelegates in their nomination process because they believe in a more democratic approach where delegates are allocated based on the results of primary elections and caucuses, rather than giving certain party insiders and officials extra voting power.
All of the superdelegates are party leaders. They, along with the delegates from the states, determine the nominees.
No, the GOP does not have superdelegates in their nomination process.
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2025 delegates are needed to win the democratic nomination. However, mre than 40% of the needed delegate are so-called "super delegates". This means they are free to pledge their votes to whomever they please, and don't have to vote for the winner of the given caucus or primary. This "safety valve" was implemented to prevent candidates from fundamentally changing the system.
No, Republicans do not have superdelegates in their party's nomination process.
nomination. This typically occurs through a process where party members, delegates, or leaders select and officially declare a candidate as their preferred choice for a specific political office. The nomination carries the party's support and resources in terms of campaign funding, staff, and other forms of assistance.