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2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

(94,489 posts) Sat Jun 4, 2016, 05:37 PM Jun 2016

PRESUMPTIVE (adj): giving grounds for reasonable opinion or belief

-- Merriam Webster

Since voting will essentially over on Tuesday (yes, I'm aware of DC), and voters won't be influenced, what is the objection to allowing people to PRESUME that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee after Tuesday's delegates are awarded? Only negative impact I can see in on Sanders' pool of funders...

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PRESUMPTIVE (adj): giving grounds for reasonable opinion or belief (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2016 OP

They have no respect for democracy if they don't like the result. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #1

in a sense, she's been the presumptive nominee since the day she declared. (n/t) thesquanderer Jun 2016 #2

"giving grounds for the inference of a fact or of the appropriate interpretation of the law" DrDan Jun 2016 #3

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

1. They have no respect for democracy if they don't like the result.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 05:56 PM

Jun 2016

thesquanderer

(11,982 posts)

2. in a sense, she's been the presumptive nominee since the day she declared. (n/t)

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 08:57 PM

Jun 2016

DrDan

(20,411 posts)

3. "giving grounds for the inference of a fact or of the appropriate interpretation of the law"