Superdelegates is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Superdelegates in a sentence
Superdelegates meaning
plural of superdelegate
Using Superdelegates
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of superdelegate
- In the example corpus, superdelegates often appears in combinations such as: superdelegates would, superdelegates to, of superdelegates.
Context around Superdelegates
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Superdelegates
- In this selection, "superdelegates" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 700, initially, trusty, swayed, oppose and got stand out and add context to how "superdelegates" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and 700 superdelegates to support and finally with superdelegates no longer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "superdelegates" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with superdelegates
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sanders campaign seizes on report that superdelegates oppose his nomination. (10 words)
What’s more, these superdelegates are not Wall Street bankers or even wine cave habitués. (15 words)
Clinton won the majority of pledged delegates in 2016, as well as the majority of superdelegates. (16 words)
The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to curb the power of so-called “superdelegates,” limiting how influential major members of the Democratic Party — and major donors — are in selecting the party’s presidential candidate. (34 words)
Bloomberg has already quietly started making moves to shore up support from superdelegates, as well as supporters of moderates like Biden and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Politico reported last week. (32 words)
If this trend continues, the only way Democratic Party bosses can stop Sanders is to rig the Democratic National Convention against him and use their trusty superdelegates to deny Sanders the nomination. (32 words)
It’s likely that the superdelegates would align behind the top surviving moderate — maybe Bloomberg at that point? (18 words)
Example sentences (17)
Harris will now have to convince those nearly 4,000 delegates and 700 superdelegates to support her and name her nominee.
Bloomberg has already quietly started making moves to shore up support from superdelegates, as well as supporters of moderates like Biden and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Politico reported last week.
Clinton won the majority of pledged delegates in 2016, as well as the majority of superdelegates.
Finally, with superdelegates no longer eligible to vote on the first ballot, if there's no majority, then we've got a contested convention.
If no candidate hits that threshold initially, superdelegates would be allowed to vote on a second ballot.
If this trend continues, the only way Democratic Party bosses can stop Sanders is to rig the Democratic National Convention against him and use their trusty superdelegates to deny Sanders the nomination.
In response to complaints from Sanders and his supporters that superdelegates swayed the 2016 primaries in favor of Hillary Clinton, the party has changed its rules.
It’s likely that the superdelegates would align behind the top surviving moderate — maybe Bloomberg at that point?
Sanders campaign seizes on report that superdelegates oppose his nomination.
Superdelegates could vote on the first ballot in 2016, and an overwhelming number of them supported Clinton.
The optics of superdelegates on the Bloomberg payroll, no matter what the outcome of the convention, raised concerns for progressives.
These superdelegates are automatically seated at the party’s national convention and can vote however they like.
What’s more, these superdelegates are not Wall Street bankers or even wine cave habitués.
You’d have to have the reform bubble up through the Democratic Party systems, which is how the superdelegates got watered down.
Superdelegates have been free to support the candidate of their choosing, though the Democratic National Committee reduced their power to pick the nominee last year.
Superdelegates would still be on the convention floor as delegates regardless, but Mulholland, the California DNC member, scoffs at that concession.
The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to curb the power of so-called “superdelegates,” limiting how influential major members of the Democratic Party — and major donors — are in selecting the party’s presidential candidate.
Common combinations with superdelegates
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- superdelegates would 3×
- superdelegates to 2×
- of superdelegates 2×
- that superdelegates 2×
- the superdelegates 2×
- these superdelegates 2×
- superdelegates are 2×