To: Stephen B. Burke, Executive Vice President of Comcast, CEO and President of NBCUniversal, Jeff Zucker, President of CNN Worldwide, Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News and the Fox Television Stations Group, James Goldston, President...
Corporate Media STOP reporting “Super Delegates” as if they are “Pledged Delegates”
Corporate Media STOP reporting “Super Delegates” as if they are “Pledged Delegates” as this is an Undemocratic Process and seeks to undermine the voter’s choice.
Why is this important?
The corporate media including CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and others are currently reporting “Super Delegates” in their counts on national news in an attempt to trick and sway undecided voters that Hillary Clinton is way ahead and that Bernie Sanders will have a difficult time catching up. They are currently reporting in their counts that Hillary has 546 delegates and that Bernie currently has 87 delegates. This is because they are including party insiders that are not “Pledged Delegates” selected by voters but rather “Super Delegates” that can select any candidate that they choose. However, the actual amounts of Pledged Delegates that are allocated based on votes after Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina are 91 for Clinton and 65 for Sanders. To date 455 “Super Delegates” have currently endorsed Hillary Clinton and only 22 have currently endorsed Bernie Sanders; although, they can switch at anytime and are not committed to stay with Hillary if she doesn’t win the popular vote. A candidate needs 2,383 total delegates to secure the nomination so there is a long way to go for either candidate.
The “Super Delegates” are establishment party insiders, Corporate Lobbyists, or have Wall Street and Corporate Media ties. They are trying to throw the election to Hillary quickly because they think she will be the eventual nominee. However, Super Delegates are not bound to this vote and in 2008 when many Super Delegates originally supported Clinton they switched to Obama once he started gaining popularity and winning many states. Super Delegates are able to switch their endorsement at any time up until the convention and they should not be included in the counts because it is undemocratic and gives the false impression that Hillary is way ahead which she is not. The majority of “Super Delegates” will eventually support whoever wins the majority of votes in their state or they risk being voted out of office.
Corporate Media STOP reporting “Super Delegates” as if they are “Pledged Delegates” as this is an Undemocratic Process and seeks to undermine the voter’s choice.
The “Super Delegates” are establishment party insiders, Corporate Lobbyists, or have Wall Street and Corporate Media ties. They are trying to throw the election to Hillary quickly because they think she will be the eventual nominee. However, Super Delegates are not bound to this vote and in 2008 when many Super Delegates originally supported Clinton they switched to Obama once he started gaining popularity and winning many states. Super Delegates are able to switch their endorsement at any time up until the convention and they should not be included in the counts because it is undemocratic and gives the false impression that Hillary is way ahead which she is not. The majority of “Super Delegates” will eventually support whoever wins the majority of votes in their state or they risk being voted out of office.
Corporate Media STOP reporting “Super Delegates” as if they are “Pledged Delegates” as this is an Undemocratic Process and seeks to undermine the voter’s choice.