2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: EXPOSED: Leaked Emails Show DNC Colluded with Media to Push Clinton Nomination [View all]Uncle Joe
(63,902 posts)refused to expand the number of primary debates, scheduled them for ridiculous times when they would least likely be viewed, waited until after the deadline for switching parties in New York had passed before even allowing the first debate to take place.
They did this solely in deference to protecting Hillary's larger national name recognition for so long as possible, keeping the other candidates in the shadows and this had nothing to do with maximizing the strength of potential Democratic Candidates and turning out the vote in a general election.
There is no competition prior to the primaries except insofar as quid pro quo, living in the entropy bubble is concerned to secure commitments from so many non-elected super delegates to stack the deck and then have the corporate media conglomerates use that glorified poll as brainwashing propaganda against the American People.
You're correct about one thing this has nothing to do with democracy, so perhaps the politicians of the political parties should never proclaim they're sending Americans abroad to risk life and limb in war to "promote democracy," that's nothing but a sick joke.