Superdelegates explained

For those who want to know more about this confusing idea.

From Sean Gonsalves:

The idea of superdelegates was born out of a desire to avoid a “brokered convention” in which no candidate wins the party’s nomination on the first ballot. The last time that happened was the 1952 Democratic Convention when 11 names were nominated in a nail-biter that included Adlai Stevenson, who became the party’s third-ballot nominee.

This year, the winner will need 2,025 delegates - half the total number of delegates who will be seated at the upcoming convention. And though the DNC isn’t keeping an official Clinton-Obama delegate score, they did say there were still 1,435 delegates up for grabs.