Gender imbalance

Women also are underrepresented as superdelegates. Nearly two-thirds of superdelegates are men. This is troubling for a party supposedly concerned with gender equity. The gender balance is particularly stark among superdelegates labeled as party leaders -- an astonishing 95 percent of whom are male. Although superdelegates were never intended to be representative, it is striking just how unrepresentative they look.The numbers are changing almost daily, but as of mid-May, 73 percent of superdelegates had committed to a candidate and 27 percent had not. A higher percentage of women superdelegates had committed -- 77 percent, compared to 71 percent of men.