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In reply to the discussion: Lots of misunderstanding around here about what Michael Moore is doing. [View all]CentralMass
(15,265 posts)I have to leave and dont have time for multiple links but as a primer.
Superdelegates disproportionately declaring Early for Hillary in numerous states that Sanders won skewed rhe primary results and the media publicizing these skewed delegate counts altered public opinion and perception of the race. NH was the just the first incident.
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At the polls Bernie Sanders won New Hampshires pledged delegates by a landslide 22 percent. Bernie Sanders received 60.4 percent of the poll vote, just about 150,000 votes. Clinton received 38 percent of the poll vote, tallying just about 95,000 votes. Yet, six Democratic New Hampshire superdelegates gave their support to Hillary Clinton, effectively erasing Sanders win, leading both candidates to leave the state with the same 15 delegates. The six votes of support by Governor Maggie Hassan, Representative Ann Kuster, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and DNC members Bill Shaheen, Kathy Sullivan, and Joanne Dowdell, effectively erased the impact of 55,000 Democratic voters on this election.
By the numbers Sanders with his win, recieved 15 of 24 of the standard delegates and Hillary recieved 9. NH has 8 superdelegate 6 declared for Hillary and 2 chose not to declare yet. So the story was Hillary ties Sanders with 15 delegates each in his backyard.
Proportionally Sanders should have recieved 5 of the 8 Superdelegates by his margin of victory and the delegate count would have been reported as (15+5) versus (9+3) or Sanders with 20 delegates and Hillary with 12 delegates.
Those 6 super d's had the weight of and usurped the votes of 55,000 New Hampshire voters. This scenario repeated itself in numerous states.