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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Help me understand why choosing the nominee who lost the delegate and popular vote is "democracy" [View all]Demsrule86
(68,552 posts)38. NO they were not
They were created to make sure that the losing candidate with the least pledged delegates did not manage to obtain the nomination as McGovern did ....and of course he lost badly.
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Help me understand why choosing the nominee who lost the delegate and popular vote is "democracy" [View all]
hill2016
Jun 2016
OP
so you know best...people who vote are too stupid to be allowed to choose a nominee?
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#57
When it comes to the democratic party, there is a fight for the soul of the party
Joe the Revelator
Jun 2016
#81
increasing the government size by 50% and the government controlling 40% of GDP is suicide.
BlueStateLib
Jun 2016
#79
Mostly because the party created a very non-democratic mechanism with super delegates .
aikoaiko
Jun 2016
#2
Hillary's superdelegate support is not why Bernie is losing/will lose/has lost.
LuvLoogie
Jun 2016
#10
I understand but we will never know how much influence 400+ SDs declaring for HRC
aikoaiko
Jun 2016
#17
Most of the public don't even know that unpledged delegates declared for anyone.
LiberalFighter
Jun 2016
#61
Hillary "won" with the help and dirty tricks from the Dem. Establishment, DNC's DWS, as
Cal33
Jun 2016
#56
How did the Democratic Party prevent Sanders' name from being in the public?
LiberalFighter
Jun 2016
#63
I agree , but in theory any and all the SDs who declared for HRC could vote differently
aikoaiko
Jun 2016
#18
Pledged delegates aren't bound either, but nobody argues that they'll switch.
Garrett78
Jun 2016
#33
The Super delegates were lined up by the Hillary campaign before the campaign started.
-none
Jun 2016
#74
The point of gathering a yuuge crowd (thanks!) is to remind everyone there that we're still here.
Scootaloo
Jun 2016
#4
Obama had the most delegates and Clinton was much closer to him than Bernie is to her.
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#41
Your candidate was not that great in the debates. Remember the anger, red face and pointing?
anotherproletariat
Jun 2016
#12
right protesting those who are with you 90% of the time while giving a free pass to a candidate who
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#43
and she lost...as she should have...consider the supers like her and she lost
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#47
Why is it always Sanders supporters threatening going to the Green party or to write-in?
brush
Jun 2016
#59
Obama didn't have the majority of pledged delegates in 2008 and they called it for him.
joshcryer
Jun 2016
#27
So if she got to the number in NY, you don't call the nomination until June, to not suppress CA?
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#55
The media should call it when someone has the majority of Pledged Delegates
Eric J in MN
Jun 2016
#71
I think, the ego that truly cannot handle a loss to women, has to face his loss, needs mass of
seabeyond
Jun 2016
#35
I backed into Sanders as the only even remore possible alternative to Hillary Clinton
PufPuf23
Jun 2016
#75
I agree, it's not. So let's get rid of superdelegates altogether. Agreed?
Bread and Circus
Jun 2016
#66