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What kind of endorsements did Obama get vs Clinton in the 2008 election? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 OP
Endorsements mean super delegates leftofcool Oct 2015 #1
I just read up on superdelegates. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #4
Lol jberryhill Oct 2015 #6
You actually bring up an interesting point... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #7
So, they're tie breakers? Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #8
If anyone tells you endorsements from other party leaders don't matter, they're lying wyldwolf Oct 2015 #2
President Obama had 233 Congressional endorsements in 2008. Hillary Clinton only had 28. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #3
Lots. Lots and lots and lots. Endorsements sealed his victory. Esp. Ted Kennedys. McCamy Taylor Oct 2015 #5

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
1. Endorsements mean super delegates
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 12:41 PM
Oct 2015

If you remember, Hillary won the popular vote and Obama won in super delegates which put him over the top. Endorsements matter very much in the grand scheme of things.

Baitball Blogger

(46,684 posts)
4. I just read up on superdelegates.
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 12:50 PM
Oct 2015

Am I reading that superdelegates can override the results of a primary election? And that's how Obama won the nomination from the Democrats in the 2008 primary?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
6. Lol
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 01:25 PM
Oct 2015

No. Superdelegates could certainly determine the outcome if the delegate counts from the primaries are close enough for a significant majority of the superdelegates to go the other way.

Obama gathered the most delegates from the primaries in 2008.

Michigan and Florida had been excluded for bucking rules on the timing of their primaries.

Total - Obama - 2229.5 Clinton - 1896.5
Super Delegates - Obama - 463 Clinton 257
Pledged Delegates - Obama - 1766.5 Clinton 1639.5

2118 needed to win.

And that poor guy they cut in half...

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
7. You actually bring up an interesting point...
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 01:35 PM
Oct 2015

There are posters here and even pundits who believe a candidate can be nominated without a majority of delegates. If no candidate has a majority of delegates at the Convention , pledged delegates are released after the first round, and then the Convention becomes a voting body.

Oh,I am omitting some steps and the superdelegates.


Baitball Blogger

(46,684 posts)
8. So, they're tie breakers?
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 01:38 PM
Oct 2015

Confusing, because I thought someone stated that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, but Obama had the superdelegates. Would someone like to clarify that further? Is there a percentage of the popular vote that needs to reached to be a shoo in?

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)
2. If anyone tells you endorsements from other party leaders don't matter, they're lying
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 12:45 PM
Oct 2015

Bernie Sanders is incredibly unpopular among past and present members of the House and Senate.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
5. Lots. Lots and lots and lots. Endorsements sealed his victory. Esp. Ted Kennedys.
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 01:05 PM
Oct 2015

And Oprah. Whomever Oprah picks will be the nominee.

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