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Mead posted...

The DNC is never gonna be trusted by voters until they get rid of super delegates

Super delegates are fine for their stated purpose.
I don't think they'd EVER be brazen enough to overrule the people's votes when one person got over 50% of the delegates or has a huge lead over the 2nd place person (like 45% vs. 30%). Cause that would literally destroy the party.

But for a situation where you've like a 35%/32%/30% near dead heat? Totally fine for the party to try and figure out who should be the nominee, and possibly go w/ the person in 2nd or 3rd place if they'll do better in a general election (since primaries are a bubble of mostly the party base and have all sorts of stupidity and problems, having a tiny lead over the next guy and far below a majority vote doesn't really mean shit).
I'm totally fine w/ that.

But what happened in 2016 where most of them committed publicly to Hillary before the primaries even started? That's ridiculous and intolerable. Makes it clear that the fix is in, and to the average person going on google to see delegate counts and seeing Hillary's bar like:
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And Bernie's bar like:
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It basically discourages them from going out to vote for Bernie. He's "so far behind," what's the point?

TL;DR: They're fine as long as they're not allowed to pick a favorite before the primaries are over, and don't stupidly go against a clear voter favorite.