2016 Postmortem
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It ends after everyones had a chance to vote. Its going to be up to the Democratic party, all of the delegates, most particularly those who are still uncommitted, to make their determination as to who they think would be the best president and the better candidate.
Super-delegates are there for a purpose to determine who they think would be the stronger candidate and the best President.
Super-delegates are not bound to vote any way, they can change their minds. They can go to the convention and change their minds, there is no guarantee and in fact, its equally true for pledged delegates for most states.
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)margins then he has a chance to court the rest of them. These supers chose Clinton well before Bernie was even in the race. That is unfair and should not be allowed.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Anything else is theft and I would not vote for the one who steals it from her.
I hope this makes my position clear.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]
Tarc
(10,476 posts)The same people who have trashed the superdelegate system since Day One are now crossing their fingers and hoping they will make an unprecedented decision to all jump to Sanders side.
qdouble
(891 posts)candidate with less popular votes, less pledged delegates, less states won and who thinks they are all corrupt. Good luck with that.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)LonePirate
(13,424 posts)People siding with Sanders against the elites now want the elites to overthrow the will of the people.
Was it ever really about the people or democracy for those who want a de facto coup by the supers?
randome
(34,845 posts)Working for the Democratic Party or for Democracy is so hard! Let's type on our keyboards and transform the world!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)(finally) get to Acceptance.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)nolawarlock
(1,729 posts)Yes, let everyone vote but then I think the person with less pledged delegates should bow out before the convention and I say that whether it's Hillary or whether it's Bernie. Yes, that person has the right to go there and show the world the fractures in our party, but then that will help the Republicans win if they don't also have a war at their own convention. The nominee is going to need time to really sell it, again, whether it's Hillary or Bernie. I would rather have either of them than Trump or Cruz and my fear is that those who want this contested convention will sit out if their candidate doesn't win and Trump and Cruz are just too scary to let that happen. I don't like Bernie, but I'll be the biggest Bernie supporter going if it means keeping Trump out of the oval office.