What the difference between a pledged delegate and unpledged delegate?Democrats have two different tiers of delegates at their national convention.
Horizontal lines refer to inter-institutional mechanisms, such as between executive and legislative state agencies, or between actors in a delegate body or board [ 34, 35].
If the great brains on the political pages of our national newspapers can't tell the difference between questions from delegates and a one-to-one interview, what hope is there for their political analysis?
In contrast to its predecessors, the Massachusetts convention was angry and contentious, at one point erupting into a fistfight between Federalist delegate Francis Dana and Anti-Federalist Elbridge Gerry when the latter was not allowed to speak.
By reporting and writing about delegate totals with no distinction between elected delegates and superdelegates, The Times and the rest of the media are playing right along.
As a rule, people who attend political conventions tend to be more informed and more partisan, and past polls have noted similar differences in views between the delegates and the public.
In one notable example of the contrast between the delegates and Republican voters, The Times/CBS poll found that fewer than half the delegates said they supported mandatory child safety locks on firearms, a measure that was supported by 8 of 10 registered Republican voters.
No action is required, but the wall between Convention Delegates and those unable to attend is effectively broken down, meaning there are no excuses to not be part of the high-level meeting.
This session will feature direct interaction and discussion between youth delegates and the political leaders from their home region.
The Republicans, some of whom regard protesters as little more than wild-eyed liberal wastrels, largely ignored yesterday's demonstration, but there were occasional encounters between delegates and demonstrators, like one outside a theater on 44th Street.
