2016 Postmortem

Dragonfli

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26. Elections are not won by popular vote, perhaps same day it will be and maybe even should be.

Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:42 AM

Mar 2016

But we live in a Republic and as such at the moment we are represented by those we vote for, like delegates.

You appear to be advocating for a pure Democracy over a Republic, an intriguing idea I must admit, but one that would require rewriting most of the constitution.

It would also make daily legislation quite arduous and impracticable, but I will say that because of obstructionism it may not be a bad idea even if we all do have to spend half our days voting on various laws enacted locally, statewide, and federally, we might even get more accomplished LOL. Republicans do suck that so much at doing their jobs sometimes doing absolutely nothing that such questions don't appear as mad as once they did.

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Where the Delegate Math Now Stands [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2016 OP

Excellent news! NurseJackie Mar 2016 #1

+1 NCTraveler Mar 2016 #2

k and r! cwydro Mar 2016 #3

As one of the BS crowd posted rock Mar 2016 #4

There are only a few states left where we know she's going to pull ahead - hell, maybe MillennialDem Mar 2016 #10

No, anything can not happen (from a practical point of view) rock Mar 2016 #34

She is not halfway there. She's at 762/2026 = 37.6% of the way there. He's at 544/2026 = 26.9% of MillennialDem Mar 2016 #38

Yeah let's NOT count super-delegates rock Mar 2016 #45

South Carolina voted 2 weeks ago CorkySt.Clair Mar 2016 #35

My bad, NORTH carolina. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #37

This is actually evidence that it is impossible tgards79 Mar 2016 #39

54% MillennialDem Mar 2016 #40

She netted an additional 20 on the night. 6 contests since ST, morningfog Mar 2016 #5

17 not 20 MillennialDem Mar 2016 #11

Green Papers has it at 20. morningfog Mar 2016 #13

Saw somewhere else where Bernie had 5 in Mississippi and 71 in MI. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #15

Super delegates always vote proportionate with the earned rather than purchased or threatened by the Dragonfli Mar 2016 #6

Aren't the superdelegates just a check on the frontrunner having a meltdown / scandal? MillennialDem Mar 2016 #12

In a way you are sort of correct, they are there as a check to keep a complete lunatic out Dragonfli Mar 2016 #17

I was only 7-8 at the time, but would the superdelegates have changed course on say, Gary Hart had MillennialDem Mar 2016 #18

That is a good question, but since it never came to that, one we will never know the answer to Dragonfli Mar 2016 #21

nope. 760 to 546 pledged. supers will,support the winner restorefreedom Mar 2016 #7

Bernie needs to win just under 54% of the remaining delegates. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #23

thanks for the hard number. very doable! nt restorefreedom Mar 2016 #24

Even better hard numbers: he needs to win 1482 out of the remaining 2745 MillennialDem Mar 2016 #25

wow, lots of ground left to cover! nt restorefreedom Mar 2016 #27

Not really.. tgards79 Mar 2016 #42

The math is actually just under 54% as of right now. We'll address what is after March 15th. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #44

They have to like Bernie 60/40 tgards79 Mar 2016 #41

actually its closer to low 50s restorefreedom Mar 2016 #43

K&R DesertRat Mar 2016 #8

So Uponthegears Mar 2016 #9

too bad for her she's nearly fresh out of southern states! Cobalt Violet Mar 2016 #14

Losing the popular vote but winning the delegates is not democratic. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2016 #16

The rot does not go much beyond the fan boys/girls and those financially invested to a large degree. Dragonfli Mar 2016 #19

Here is the popular vote after yesterday: MineralMan Mar 2016 #20

Elections are not won by popular vote, perhaps same day it will be and maybe even should be. Dragonfli Mar 2016 #26

It's a sad day when Republicans have a fairer system of choosing their candidate TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 #28

I'm not advocating anything. MineralMan Mar 2016 #29

I apologize, I misunderstood you, rereading the post you responded to it makes sense now. /nt Dragonfli Mar 2016 #30

No apology needed. I'm always happy to clarify my posts MineralMan Mar 2016 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author jcgoldie Mar 2016 #32

Quite impressive Uponthegears Mar 2016 #33

The thing is that a number of states are pretty much a sure MineralMan Mar 2016 #36

K&R great white snark Mar 2016 #22