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In reply to the discussion: Sanders backers take over California Democratic Party [View all]stuffmatters
(2,580 posts)Our primary was so late on the calendar that our Ca debate was cancelledand the nominee was called the day before our primary voting date. Talk about discouraging Dem voters or even spreading the Dem message in Ca.
This wasn't just insulting to the largest state population of Democratic voters, it actually hurt us down ballot. I know in San
Diego it resulted in us having a Repub mayor who didn't even have to run in Nov, the Dem primary turnout was so low that he got a
majority of primary votes from rank & file Repubs (SD is demographicallya majority Dem city) The Repub did not have to run in Nov & spend real money & seriously campaign.
I'm getting really tired of Ca not counting, having no say in our elections both within the Dem Party and nationally. Even yesterday the
DNC scheduled the debate for its Chair at 7pm EST...4 o'clock here when most Dems are still at work. By the time we got home the Huffpo live stream was over.
Last election Ca, the state with the largest number of Dem voters, had no say or presence in the primary or national election. It's time to move our primary into the main stream where we are represented.