2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I just read why 64 Bernie NV delegates had their credentials stripped--and I shed a tear or two [View all]joshcryer
(62,536 posts)Probably some had their registrations screwed up. I don't think it's a conspiracy by the Clinton camp, I think it is ultimately people not appreciating the chaotic process that is the caucus system, and being fucked over by either mistakes with the voter registry (or willful changing of registrations on a low level). Failing to realize that challenges to registration can be very damning, if your address on your registration is wrong, then you're done. 6 of the 64 challenges were allowed to be seated once they went through the confirmation process.
It's not going to just be one person who went independent. It's going to be more than that.
There were 3357 delegates (people voting) at the convention. Sanders lost 58. That's 1% of the entire delegation. 1 percent. It's very possible Clinton's delegates were challenged too and they didn't make a fuss of it when they lost 1%.
(You don't complain when the caucus is going in your favor, you sit down and shut up which the Sanders people did when they took over the Clark County convention and tried to flip the results.)