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In reply to the discussion: DNC Votes To Largely Strip 'Superdelegates' Of Presidential Nominating Power [View all]Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,940 posts)recently we had a primary with 10 candidates, about 5 which I would have been happy with. I know many people were like me, standing in line to vote and we STILL hadnt made up our minds!
I would have loved to have been able to rank them and feel like a more true reading of the voters' wishes would have emerged.
I think most of us are fine with the nominee (who got about 40% of total vote), but it just illustrates what could be a possible problem - what if so many candidates run and none emerge as a real front runner? How then does the nominee get selected? Isnt that kind of the reasoning behind superdelegates to function sorta as a tie-breaker?
Its kinda like what happened w repubs last time - the majority of voters wanted Not-Trump, but due to so many candidates splitting up the vote - they got Trump.
Of course we are not in any danger of getting anyone THAT preposterous, but still it could be hugely contentious and divisive if there is not a majority and not some clear mechanism in place for a fair selection.
Thats kinda what happened with