The Rhode Island Democratic Party sent a total of 32 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention . Of those delegates , 21 were pledged , and 11 were unpledged . All of the 21 pledged delegates were allocated ( pledged ) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of the Rhode Island Presidential Primary . The 11 unpledged delegates were popularly called " superdelegates " because their vote represented their personal decisions , whereas the regular delegates ' votes represented the collective decision of many voters . The superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Rhode Island Democratic Party 's officials
2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Rhode Island Democratic primary