2016 Postmortem

beachbum bob

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8. most of hillary supporters have voted more than once in their lifetime and know

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 10:43 AM

Jun 2016

their state's primary rules....one main element that sank the sanders campaign was pretty much the incompetency to research each state's primary rules and communicating the rules to his supporters.....terrible....and then to scream the system is rigged because they were incompetent in finding and communicating....terrible

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THIS is why I believe that more provisional ballots should go to Bernie [View all] J_J_ Jun 2016 OP

California counts all ballots, including provisional no matter what the margin still_one Jun 2016 #1

Of course we should count all votes, but Tarc Jun 2016 #2

I understand that. Given that the contest is now settled... Tom Rinaldo Jun 2016 #5

There's only 2 things I really want to see done Tarc Jun 2016 #7

My related list is longer than yours. Tom Rinaldo Jun 2016 #13

hmm .. "non aligned voters are not the largest voting bloc in America" actually .. 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #18

I'm not sure if for electronic you mean the voting machines or internet. LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #22

^^^AMEN to this!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #16

Can we count on all bernie supporters to help us get rid of caucuses, Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #32

I never talk in "all" terms Tom Rinaldo Jun 2016 #36

Who's doing the counting? Nt Jennylynn Jun 2016 #26

Um... Tarc Jun 2016 #27

Hillary voters had less problems, because they were already Democrats. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #3

most of hillary supporters have voted more than once in their lifetime and know beachbum bob Jun 2016 #8

"And further blaming the whole shebang on "laziness" is just being disingenuous" J_J_ Jun 2016 #12

yes, but it was laziness, on the part of the campaign mostly Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #33

you were mentioned in these comments J_J_ Jun 2016 #10

A lot of the 'suppression' was people mis-registering, or not knowing how. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #15

Ahh .. there's nothing like blaming victims to ease a guilty conscience. n/t 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #19

If, for instance, you didn't know you needed to request a Dem ballot in CA, yes, it's your fault. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #21

If you don't follow the rules...how are you a victim? Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #28

This is what Republicans do Time for change Jun 2016 #37

The CA board of elections not being mind readers isn't suppression. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #38

Yes it did, it happens to democrats all over the south all the time Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #34

thanks for letting us know your thoughts Squinch Jun 2016 #4

This is beyond sad at this point bravenak Jun 2016 #6

... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #9

you were mentioned in these comments J_J_ Jun 2016 #11

And the repeated claims by Sandernistas that there must be cheating... Adrahil Jun 2016 #17

This needs all the publicity it can get Time for change Jun 2016 #14

"Should"? The provisional ballots go to whoever they voted for. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #20

All those that had specifically wanted to vote for Sanders ahead of time tandem5 Jun 2016 #23

Why is it that I know more about NPP rules than people who are registered that way? ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #24

Because you vote more than once every four years? Retrograde Jun 2016 #25

A super easy way to avoid this problem would be to have registered as a Democrat oberliner Jun 2016 #29

Or register as an Independant becasue both parties are owned by.... Matt_R Jun 2016 #30

Yes, you could do that oberliner Jun 2016 #31

I registered as a Democrat at 18. Never registered as another party. Matt_R Jun 2016 #40

I registered as a republican a few years ago Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #35

WOW I've been registered as a Democrat all my life. Matt_R Jun 2016 #39