2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Can we all agree the convention won't be brokered? What does a contested convention accomplish? [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)I'm well aware of what constitutes a "contested" convention, as I made clear in the OP and throughout this thread. I'm well aware of the fact that it will - by definition - be contested if Sanders doesn't concede prior to the vote.
But that isn't the issue at hand.
I don't agree with your assumption that Sanders is more electable, and hypothetical general election match-up polling is historically worthless. Carter did not beat Reagan. Dukakis did not beat Bush. Bush did not beat Clinton. Dole did not beat Clinton. McCain did not beat Obama. And so on.
But that also is not the issue at hand.
If you think Sanders not conceding somehow makes it more likely that 550-600 (of ~700) superdelegates will throw their support behind Sanders and make him the nominee, then so be it.