SuperDelegates.org - Information about the 2008 DNC Superdelegates:About
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SuperDelegates.org grew out of a simple question: Who are the "super delegates" that get a vote in the Democratic National Convention? They represent 20% of the vote, and in a year in which the Democratic nominee may well be chosen at the convention, it seemed like we should know more about these individuals.
This site is designed to shed light on the super delegates. If you have information you'd like to share, feel free to add it to the site.
I started this site as a personal project to try and figure out who the delegates are, which candidate they support, and where they're located. (I'm Rick Klau, by the way.) I started with the list of delegates and endorsements at DemConWatch, a terrific blog that's been following convention news and super delegates in particular. From there, I found a DNC membership roster to verify names and locations, and used searches at Google to get basic biographic data on the delegates, links to endorsements, etc.
Once I had enough data to feel that the site was marginally useful, I started reaching out to friends who might be interested in participating. As word grew (TechPresident, CNN and others), a few visitors turned into tens of thousands - and now the site is largely self-sufficient.
Where possible, editors of the site should add a link to independent confirmation of the endorsement so that it's clear that the delegate in question did in fact endorse the candidate as claimed. As of 2/19, all endorsements listed on this CNN page are updated on superdelegates.org.
Thanks to everyone who's contributed content, and a major thank you to Juliano Ravasi, author of KMLExport, the MediaWiki extension that makes the KML layer possible.
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