A candidate that gets 35% of the votes shouldn't win. But a candidate that gets 25% should!

[DanTex]

48. Yes. Bernie is currently leading the polls, but that could change, of course.

Sure, if its 45/28, that's a lot clearer than if it's 32/31.

In that kind of situation, IMO the only non-disastrous way forward would be to find a solution where everyone came away feeling satisfied. I see the sentiments posted along the lines of "who cares about butthurt Bernie Bros, the rules are the rules" but obviously that is no way to unite the party, and I hope the Dems understand that.

The other thing is, according to current polling (which, again, could change), Bernie is the most popular candidate by any conceivable metric. He polls highest to the question of who would you be satisfied vs disappointed with as nominee. He has the highest favorability ratings among Dems. He polls ahead of every other candidate in head-to-head polling. Unless that changes, even if Bernie leads 32-31, there would really be no logical case to give the nomination to someone else, and it would appear to a lot of people that the establishment went ahead and put in their favorite candidate rather than the one that the voters wanted.