http://www.blogpac.com/taxonomy/term/15/0 en http://www.blogpac.com/node/47 <p>Regardless of who you support in the race for President, in a race as important as this one for the Democratic nomination, the media owes us a fair and accurate reporting of vote totals, including delegate totals. It's highly likely that unelected superdelegates will end up choosing the Democratic Party nominee, so how they are treated in media coverage is especially sensitive.</p> <p>It's important that media outlets distinguish between pledged delegates, who are chosen by voters and caucus goers, and so-called superdelegates, who are unelected and independent. A pledged delegate is someone representing voters and caucus-goers and they will vote for the candidate for whom they were elected to vote. A super delegate can make their own decision, and change their mind. John Lewis just did so today, changing his vote (but not his endorsement) from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama.</p> <p><a href="http://www.blogpac.com/node/47">read more</a></p> http://www.blogpac.com/node/47#comment delegates Democrats media Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:47:14 -0500 Chris Bowers 47 at http://www.blogpac.com