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Backgrounder: The Role of Delegates in the U.S. Presidential Nominating Process
This article explains concepts related to delegates in U.S. presidential elections, including definitions of delegates ("individuals chosen to represent their states at their party conventions prior to a presidential election") and superdelegates (occur only in the Democratic Party and a much-discussed topic in relation to the 2008 Democratic National Convention), how delegates are picked in the Republican and Democratic parties, the role of independents, and the brokered convention. From the Council on Foreign Relations.
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15414/
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