Cartoon - June 6, 2008

Democratic Convention


Question

1.  What is the point of Bruce Beattie's cartoon?
2.  Do you think the Democratic Party's system, which includes super delegates and now also half delegates, is a good way to select the Democratic presidential nominee?  Explain your answer.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the answer.



Reprinted here with permission from CopleyNews.com.






















Answer

1. The point of Bruce Beattie's cartoon is that there are too many different types of delegates to this year's Democratic National Convention.

2. Opinion question.  Answer varies.

 

Read more about half delegates at america.gov

Read more about super delegates wikipedia.org

Read a previous article on super delegates from the StudentNewsDaily archives.