www.supervoters.org
Until Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) reached 2,118 delegates on the night of June 3, he and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) were locked in battle for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
Primaries or caucuses have now been held in all 50 of 50 states. Obama won the popular vote, and won almost twice as many contests as Clinton. He also bested Clinton in pledged delegates, by a final margin of 1765.5-1639.5.
We created our website because after Super Tuesday, it became clear neither Obama nor Clinton could win enough pledged delegates to reach 2,118, the number needed to win (up from 2,025 since the May 31 compromise reached by the DNC to allow Florida and Michigan's disputed delegations to cast half-votes).
The 855 unpledged superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver (August 25-28) will tip the balance, casting a total of 824.5 votes. The rules say these Democratic elected officials and other party leaders can choose whomever they want, regardless of how their states or districts voted.
Before May 9, when various news organizations began reporting that Obama had overtaken her long-held advantage, Clinton was ahead of Obama in the superdelegate race. According to the Associated Press, 389 superdelegates had endorsed Obama versus 282 for Clinton as of June 4.
Working together, we made a difference in this race, helping voters from around the country generate an estimated several thousand e-mails and phone calls to superdelegates, plus gathering thousands more signatures on superdelegate petitions in seven states including North Carolina, where we first organized.
Thanks to everyone who visited our site, and e-mailed, called, or signed a petition to superdelegates. We let our party leaders know how many of their constituents and neighbors wanted Barack Obama to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008, and they listened!
What We Did
• Called and e-mailed our states' superdelegates
• Signed on-line petitions
• Started petitions to local superdelegates
(The following is information from our original, Spring '08 MySpace profile):
We are contacting superdelegates directly, and gathering signatures from voters in our communities urging local superdelegates to back Obama. Our focus is on states and districts where Obama won the popular vote.
CLICK HERE for more info on Why the Superdelegates Matter
Visit our website for an easy to use, state-by state list of all the superdelegates. We show you how to reach them, and who's backing Obama or Clinton.
If the superdelegates hold the key to the 2008 Democratic nomination, we the voters can take action to help determine the outcome!
It only takes five minutes to call an undecided superdelegate. Just say that you are supporting Obama and want the superdelegate to consider endorsing him.
Go to our website to quickly find contact info for superdelegates in your area.
The easiest way to spread the word about this campaign is to go to our site and click on the "Forward This Site To Friends" link. Or send out a MySpace bulletin, link to us on your Facebook wall, or post something about our site on your blog.
If you want to do more, our website contains all the tools you need to effectively lobby superdelegates on behalf of Barack: an up-to-date, state-by-state list of who the superdelegates are and how to reach them by phone or e-mail, and petition forms that can be customized and addressed to individual superdelegates.
Voters for Obama is a volunteer organizaton, and is not affiliated with Obama for America. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
Contact us:
votersforobama -at- gmail.com
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