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BrerBear:
Ye gods, talk about getting laughed at...
Delegates are those yucks attending the DIMM convention.
Attending the electoral process are electors. They are NOT delegates. They are electors.
Candidates DO, when the occasion presents, sometimes direct their convention DELEGATES to another candidate.
Nope. I think albaby1 already discussed this in another thread. Fifty or sixty years (or longer) ago, delegates were free to change their voting preference but those days are gone. The rules have changed.
In 2024, there are an estimated 3,933 pledged delegates and 739 automatic delegates — more commonly known as superdelegates.
A pledged delegate is a delegate to a political party's presidential nominating convention that is "pledged" to support the candidate to whom they are allocated. Pledged delegates are sometimes referred to as "bound delegates," most commonly by the Republican Party. Pledged delegates are distinct from unpledged delegates, commonly referred to as "superdelegates", which are not pledged to any one particular presidential candidate.
In short, you're wrong.
ballotpedia.org - Democratic delegate rules, 