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Democratic Primaries

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15. You mean change the rules in the middle of the game?

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 04:03 PM

Feb 2020

You folks are getting desperate...

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

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

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

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

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

Nope squirecam Feb 2020 #25