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Democratic Primaries

Amimnoch

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11. Well then, if it's not about fairness but of goalpoasts...

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 05:01 PM

Feb 2020

Let's go ahead and bring back the goalposts to their old spot, and bring back the superdelegates voting right out the starting gate, eh?

Since we don't like those goal posts moved.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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While Candidates Can Lose a Primary by Not Getting Any Delegates, Nobody WINS [View all] MineralMan Feb 2020 OP

. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #1

You find that amusing? MineralMan Feb 2020 #5

I think you are moving the goalposts. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #6

Not at all. I don't have any idea how many delegates each of the candidates MineralMan Feb 2020 #9

Sorry. It doesnt quite work that way. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #12

Well then, if it's not about fairness but of goalpoasts... Amimnoch Feb 2020 #11

You mean change the rules in the middle of the game? Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #15

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 2020 #16

The one who's trying to move the goalposts is Sanders, since his people are saying he'll focus on highplainsdem Feb 2020 #14

Saying "nobody wins" is absolutely silly. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #17

I've been deploring the possibility that Sanders could Hortensis Feb 2020 #20

To say "nobody wins" is an oversimplification of the entire process Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #22

Exactly TheRealNorth Feb 2020 #24

LOL melman Feb 2020 #2

So, you won't be pleased if Bernie gets some delegates in states MineralMan Feb 2020 #3

You ever play a game before? Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #8

The Winner Is Only Determined at the Convention. MineralMan Feb 2020 #10

Yes. The process has rounds. Yet those rounds can still be won or lost. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #19

Of course it is possible to win or lose state contests on the way to the convention. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #26

No melman Feb 2020 #23

Agree, you can lose primary elections, but winning only comes at the end.... getagrip_already Feb 2020 #4

Yes, but every delegate adds to the total number of delegates MineralMan Feb 2020 #7

delagates are proportionally distributed..... getagrip_already Feb 2020 #13

If Biden does not do real well in Iowa, Bloomberg will be one of the winners 4139 Feb 2020 #18

Tell that to all the news media outlets. Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #21

Nope squirecam Feb 2020 #25