Uncommitted Democratic superdelegates in Congress overwhelmingly say they won’t necessarily back the presidential candidate who wins the most primary delegates. Instead, electability will be very important in their decision.

Of 42 lawmakers interviewed by The Hill, only four said they regarded the primary vote as decisive.

It also means the Democratic Caucus is unswayed by its leader, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), who has warned that the party will suffer if superdelegates overturn the will of primary voters. Pelosi has said superdelegates should take into account whatever is important but not give the nomination to the candidate who lags in delegates.

But Pelosi’s troops on Capitol Hill say they are more concerned about electability, plus each candidate’s momentum heading toward the convention, and how their own constituents voted.

Clinton is given little chance of catching Obama’s delegate count in the last few primaries. But her campaign has gained momentum in recent weeks as Obama has been on the defensive over his former pastor and charges of elitism.

Only 10 percent of lawmakers interviewed by The Hill said the delegate count on June 4, the day after the final primaries in Montana and South Dakota, will determine whom they decide to support. There are 70 neutral superdelegates in the House and 22 in the Senate.

“What will be decisive will be two factors: who would make the best president and who has the best chance of winning,” said Rep. Howard Berman (D), an uncommitted lawmaker from Los Angeles.

Neutral Democrats representing districts across the country voiced the same sentiment.

“I will look at who I think can be the winner in November,” said Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-Tenn.), who has yet to endorse a candidate.

Davis said he has become more focused on the question of electability as Obama has become ensnared in high-profile controversies. Since winning a string of primaries in February, Obama has been forced to distance himself from the incendiary statements of his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and to try and explain his own controversial remarks made at a San Francisco fundraising event.

“In the last two or three weeks I’m focusing more on that being important,” said Davis, in reference to the electability of the Democratic nominee.

Some neutral Democrats, such as Reps. Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Mike Michaud (Maine), Gene Taylor (Miss.) and Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz.) said they would pick a candidate based in part on how that candidate stood on issues such as trade, defense and immigration.

Kaptur and Michaud are members of a coalition of Democratic lawmakers concerned about trade and manufacturing jobs that has held talks with Clinton and Obama.

Giffords said she would soon meet with Obama to discuss immigration and said the candidate’s position on the issue would factor into her decision on whom to support.

Taylor, who represents a district where many people work for the defense industry, said he would not support a candidate who would cut defense spending significantly.