Last Wednesday I woke up confused, as many were, about what the delegate count would be in the Democratic race. The problem was I couldn't understand what a "super delegate" was. This site has the official definition of one...but to some it up, they are basically any Democratic party member that is an elected official in federal government or member of the Democratic national committee. These super delegates are not bound by normal primary restrictions, therefore they can support whomever they choose when convention time comes.
Essentially what this means is that if the race does go to the convention than it will not be the voters who decide this nomination it will be the politicians. The Congressman and Governors who will decide for us. It basically forces the campaigns to offer cushy Ambassador positions in nice locations or Cabinet appointments in exchange for a vote at a brokered convention.
Everyone talks about how important it is to vote and participate in our democracy but in a close election when each vote really does matter the decision is made by politicians, not by the voters.
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