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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: US Uncut: How 107 Superdelegates Robbed 11 Million Democratic Voters [View all]senz
(11,945 posts)9. Bravo, thank you for putting this necessary article into an OP.
Sorry all you've gotten is Hill fans so far who don't want to look too closely at the situation, but it's excellent that we have the facts available.
These stood out for me:
Hillary Clinton reached 2,383 delegates only with the help of 107 superdelegates from states Bernie Sanders won, who actively thwarted the will of millions of Democratic voters in their own states.
While Sanders blew Clinton out of the water by a 73-27 margin in Washington State, Clinton has 10 of 16 super-delegates, Sanders has zero.
One Alaska superdelegate backing Clinton patronized and belittled a Sanders supporter who asked her to cast her superdelegate vote with how her states residents voted.
Clinton could have lost every state and still won the nomination with superdelegates
While Sanders blew Clinton out of the water by a 73-27 margin in Washington State, Clinton has 10 of 16 super-delegates, Sanders has zero.
One Alaska superdelegate backing Clinton patronized and belittled a Sanders supporter who asked her to cast her superdelegate vote with how her states residents voted.
Clinton could have lost every state and still won the nomination with superdelegates
There is something so wrong about this primary.
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US Uncut: How 107 Superdelegates Robbed 11 Million Democratic Voters [View all]
hopemountain
Jun 2016
OP
Statistical ties? That's a new one. Why don't you just call them moral victories.
TwilightZone
Jun 2016
#56
USUncut is a Sanders-specific propaganda website. Not even Sanders' own staff believe this crap.
MADem
Jun 2016
#3
NOBODY was disenfranchised. When you incorrectly use that term, you diminish REAL
SFnomad
Jun 2016
#14
Oh come on, why would you want to bring rationality, statistics, and numbers into this??
kerry-is-my-prez
Jun 2016
#36
Lol! I also have a hard time feeling the same sympathy for college kids as I do for minorities
kerry-is-my-prez
Jun 2016
#37
Excellent point: "I also have a hard time feeling the same sympathy for college kids...
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2016
#59
There is no rule, no matter how badly Sanders wants it to be, that supers
Starry Messenger
Jun 2016
#18
It's not Hillary or "TPTB" who want something other than elections to decide the nominee.
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#41
If you are a serious candidate, you do the ground work and work at having allies. That is how
kerry-is-my-prez
Jun 2016
#39