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In reply to the discussion: A Bernie Sanders Supporter Confronted a Superdelegate — Then Leaked Their Private Conversation [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,366 posts)Truly, this SBS supporter does not understand the SD concept. He should ask Tad Devine to explain it to him because Tad was instrumental in its creation.
What this supporter - and others like him - also fail to recognize is that if SDs were required to follow the decision of the majority in their states, Hillary Clinton would have an even larger lead in SDs right now. They need to do the math and see this for themselves. As it is, while a majority of SDs have endorsed Hillary and a small number have endorsed Bernie, there are still several who have not yet announced their support for either candidate and are still presumably in play.
Being swarmed by supporters of one candidate who demand that SDs support that candidate in spite of their own personal experience with and preference for the other will very likely result in SDs digging in even deeper for the candidate of their choice and disliking those, and by extension their candidate, who attempt to force their preferences on them. This psychological fact appears totally lost in the shuffle and brouhaha but is demonstrated vividly in this case.
This fact also works in Hillary's favor because it is not Hillary supporters who are doing the swarming. As a Hillary supporter, I say "Bring it on!"