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Crowdsourcing Puts Crucial Superdelegates Under a Microscope

Publication: Wired

Sarah Lai Stirland
February 15, 2008

In a tight race, the Democratic Party's pick for presidential candidate could be decided by superdelegates -- 795 party insiders who are free to vote for anybody they want at the party's national convention. Candidates lobby for those votes fiercely, in a process that's always unfolded behind the scenes.