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Nanjeanne

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7. Wrong. He said he wanted super delegates that were in the states he WON to support him and vote

Thu Feb 27, 2020, 02:42 PM

Feb 2020

the way the regular folks did in their states. He said that any state that was very close, he urged the dels to decide and vote for him if they thought he was better able to beat Trump. He did not ask any dels from states won strongly by Clinton to vote for him. By asking dels from the states he WON - he was asking for democracy.

It made a big difference. Couple of examples:
NH Bernie won 60.14% of vote. 6 of 7 super dels went to Clinton
CO Bernie won 59% but all 9 super delegates went to Clinton
MN Bernie won 62% but 13 of the 14 super delegates went to Clinton
MA was Clinton 49 to Sanders 48% but 21 of 22 super del went to Clinton
KS Bernie won 67% but all 4 supers went to Clinton
NB Bernie 57% but 3 of 4 supers went to Clinton
ME 65% but 4 of 5 went to Clinton
There's more but you get the drift. So . . . really not wrong for Bernie to ask the super dels to vote in his favor.

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

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Sanders in 2016 says HE wanted Super Delegates to switch votes to him though Hillary had majority. [View all] Skya Rhen Feb 2020 OP

Of course he did, it wasn't "fair" to him. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #1

Strange how Bernie's opinion has changed, eh? peggysue2 Feb 2020 #2

OP Tribbles. JudyM Feb 2020 #3

It is not that he is fast to change his mind to fit his ambitions question everything Feb 2020 #4

You see, that's completely different. tritsofme Feb 2020 #5

"Where was the outrage?" Well, there was plenty of it here on DU. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #6

Take away the super delegates Hav Feb 2020 #24

Wrong. He said he wanted super delegates that were in the states he WON to support him and vote Nanjeanne Feb 2020 #7

Oh, I don't think people here want to listen to facts. LenaW Feb 2020 #11

They don't. But still I persisted. Nanjeanne Feb 2020 #12

Walker leaves out some clips. showblue22 Feb 2020 #15

No actually I left them out. See the thread below. I won't retype it all so you can see the answer Nanjeanne Feb 2020 #16

He left out some clips. showblue22 Feb 2020 #14

FACTS?!?! Facts don't matter when it comes to bashing Bernie!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #28

Beyond that, Sanders wanted to flip delegates after HRC had nomination. LizBeth Feb 2020 #17

You are wrong. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #21

What's good for the goose... HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #8

Shocked. Shocked, I tell you! Squinch Feb 2020 #9

Bloomberg needs to make an ad on this! honest.abe Feb 2020 #10

Yes. He does. To keep the story true. LizBeth Feb 2020 #18

Yes, he did. I remember it. MineralMan Feb 2020 #13

Hypocrite? Hypochondriac? Lol. LizBeth Feb 2020 #19

I'm starting to notice how often Sanders and his people... W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #20

Somehow you need to get out the message Hav Feb 2020 #26

Kick dalton99a Feb 2020 #22

This is what happened Gothmog Feb 2020 #23

K&R betsuni Feb 2020 #25

Inescaplable fact, but the wriggling has already begun. oasis Feb 2020 #27