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2016 Postmortem

Bjorn Against

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4. Independents already do have sway over the party

Reply to Jitter65 (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 7, 2016, 02:18 PM

Apr 2016

They can choose to vote for their candidates or against them and that holds enormous sway. If the party wants things to sway in the right direction they would listen to them whether they join the party or not.

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Most Americans are not party hacks and we don't want party hacks putting their thumbs on the scale [View all] Bjorn Against Apr 2016 OP

What a great OP Bjorn Against. Thanks for posting..n/t monmouth4 Apr 2016 #1

Agreed, and IMO superdelegates must be abolished dreamnightwind Apr 2016 #2

If the Independents want to have sway over a party, then they should join it. nt Jitter65 Apr 2016 #3

Independents already do have sway over the party Bjorn Against Apr 2016 #4

Independents are over 40 percent of the electorate nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #7

Thank you - K/R 840high Apr 2016 #5

As a Green Party voter, you speak for about 1% of Americans. And the thing is, the other 39% DanTex Apr 2016 #6