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upaloopa

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2. The voters in the Sourh who put Hillary in the lead are Democrats

Reply to drokhole (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 03:44 PM

Mar 2016

who voted in a Democratic primary for the nominee of the Democratic Party.

To say what they did was unfair is to say we should not have let them have a say in who our nominee is.

Hillary's opponent is a Democrat of convienience. He said so himself. He wins in open primaries and caucuses because independents are permitted to vote in Democratic primaries.

This OP says that it is unfair that Dems should elect our nominee rather than letting independents run an independent as our nominee.

I disagree. Minorities are now the largest voting block in the Democratic Party. That they should pic their nominee is only right.

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The "Bandwagon Effect": or, The Southern-fried primary is unfair [View all] drokhole Mar 2016 OP

Yeah but Iowa and New Hampshire usually pick the prez MattP Mar 2016 #1

The voters in the Sourh who put Hillary in the lead are Democrats upaloopa Mar 2016 #2

Wrong. Yuugal Mar 2016 #3

The problem is not the race of a person but who they prefer in your eyes. upaloopa Mar 2016 #4

I should have said voting block in the South you are right the way I put it was wrong upaloopa Mar 2016 #5