Who needs to drop out to keep the contest fair?

[PTWB]

At this point we have a lot of people splitting vote of our main voting blocks. Who should drop out next?

[apcalc]

1. Each candidate will decide what time is best.

[squirecam]

2. Anyone suggesting that some candidate needs to drop out

Should immediately call and text their own candidates HQ and tell them so.

And keep doing so until they drop out.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. It's too soon

We've literally had ONE primary and one caucus.

I don't understand the rush to take the franchise away from late primary states?

[W_HAMILTON]

4. Klobuchar.

No offense to her, but she most likely is not going to gain enough traction to really have an impact on this race other than to play spoiler for someone like Buttigieg -- which I believe she already did (in New Hampshire) -- and Biden. I hope that if she is in ~5th place in Nevada and South Carolina that she will drop out before Super Tuesday and endorse someone, but I think Minnesota is on Super Tuesday and I imagine she wants to stay in for that, believing she can win her home state.

[squirecam]

6. We will see

Where the race stands after Super Tuesday.

[redstatebluegirl]

16. I don't agree, she had a good couple of weeks.

I don't want to see any of them drop out after only two white primaries.

[relayerbob]

5. Can we wait until after Super Tuesday at least?

Some of us who don't live in Iowa and New Hampshire would like to vote. Thanks

[Sherman A1]

15. Apparently the OP

Cannot. This perpetual campaign, is just tiresome.

[PTWB]

18. I feel like so many candidates will split the centrist vote on Super Tuesday ...

And that will give sanders an insurmountable lead.

[relayerbob]

19. And at some point, they will agree to consolidate

probably for the strongest person after Super Tuesday. I'm not too worried about it at this point. Sanders is at 30%. There is no combination that gives him >50% on the first ballot. There are many combinations that could provide one of the others with more

[rurallib]

7. Donald Trump

he's a Russian agent anyway.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Everyone but Bernie

Well you asked.

[jmg257]

9. Seems fair to me, other then those who dropped out already even though rules were changed.

Give the voters a choice, and give candidates a chance to show they have what it takes to generate enough support.

All this vetting takes time, and every day we learn something new, see them in action, hear them speak, etc.

[ibegurpard]

10. splitting voting blocks has nothing to do with keeping it fair

people are supporting who they are supporting. Should people who are splitting ideological allies get together and make some STRATEGIC decisions? that's probably going to need to happen very soon.

[2naSalit]

11. Bloomberg. ...nt

[emmaverybo]

12. Tom Steyer with all thanks to impeachment campaign and dedication to climate control. He is

not going to win the nomination or the White House. All that he’s spending on primary campaign, he could spend educating about and lobbying for climate change.

[MoonlitKnight]

13. Steyer

We need him fighting elsewhere.

And Bloomberg should have just stayed out and spent his money attacking trump and supporting Democratic senate candidates instead of Republicans.

[pinkstarburst]

14. All about strategy

The contest is perfectly fair. Voters are deciding who they want as the nominee.

But if the candidates wanted to change the rules of the game (I think they may realize soon they're stuck), I could see them making a move like combining to form VP tickets, maybe a Biden/Warren ticket, and a Bloomberg/Klobuchar ticket. That might uncrowd things enough to make a difference, because at this point, why would Warren or Klobuchar or Buttigieg drop out? They have delegates. They're getting to be in debates. They're going to wait for a really good offer because they have zero to gain by dropping out, and if they do, Biden or Bloomberg will just put Kamala Harris or Abrams on the ticket as VP.

[VarryOn]

17. I agree...

While I don't like so many candidates, and some are thinking more about themselves than what's in the best interest of the country or party, I don't see the race as unfair.