Repeating the same idiocy doesn’t make it any more connected to facts or
reality. I already posted what the math is. That you somehow think
superdelegate a only get counted if pledged delegates don’t reach a
magic number only shows you really and truly don’t know what you are
talking about.
Sigh, if teh pledged delegates for a specific candidate reach 2,383, the supers don’t matter. If they don’t reach 2,383, then the supers’ vote counts, and they vote “for the good of the party.”
at this point, one national poll (which doth not a trend make) suggests that Clinton would lose against Trump, and such polls in favor of either candidate, would factor into who the supers would pick:
Obviously, if Clinton has a vast majority of pledged delegates, but still shy of 2,383, then the supers would go with her automatically. However, if the race is a near-tie, then other factors become more important. According to the Communications Officer of the DNC, the supers should not be counted by ANYONE until the convention as they can and do change their minds. However, that same official says that the supers have never actually decided the nomination before: