How Sanders wants to change the role of superdelegates
Bernie Sanders may have conceded the Democratic nomination and endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, but he is still fighting on at least one front: Superdelegates. Since it became evident that Senator Sanders did not have enough support to win the Democratic nomination, in either delegates or direct votes, he has been using his party influence to push Mrs. Clinton’s platform to the left, securing her support on a $15 national minimum wage, tougher regulations on fracking, and a public option in Obamacare. The Vermont senator plans to continue to push his platform at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia later this month, in an attempt to amend the system of superdelegates.