2016 Postmortem

rainy

(6,089 posts) Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:36 AM Mar 2016

Why are the media including super delegates in reporting Hillary's and Bernie's numbers?

Chuck Todd and gang were talking about the numbers and Hillary was up by 600. At the very end of the conversation Todd says: that includes super delegates but Hillary is still ahead by a unsurmountable 200 delegates.
The media is the enemy!!!!!!!!!

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Why are the media including super delegates in reporting Hillary's and Bernie's numbers? (Original Post) rainy Mar 2016 OP

Try not to be so super delicate BeyondGeography Mar 2016 #1

Superdelegates removed, Clinton is only up by 205. Freaked Out Mar 2016 #2

Heh. Only. That lead is nearly insurmountable. NT Adrahil Mar 2016 #3

Virtual tie. Codeine Mar 2016 #5

FYI, it's "delegates" bigwillq Mar 2016 #4

Fixed it. I used i instead if e so auto rainy Mar 2016 #6

Because they are biased for Clinton Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #7

^^ this is the answer demwing Mar 2016 #9

Because they count? Blue_Adept Mar 2016 #8

Actual they don't count Gwhittey Mar 2016 #10

BeyondGeography

(39,367 posts)

1. Try not to be so super delicate

Reply to rainy (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:40 AM

Mar 2016

Freaked Out

(74 posts)

2. Superdelegates removed, Clinton is only up by 205.

Reply to rainy (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:42 AM

Mar 2016

Bernie'll get that made up plus more after the 15th.

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)

3. Heh. Only. That lead is nearly insurmountable. NT

Reply to Freaked Out (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:47 AM

Mar 2016

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

5. Virtual tie.

Reply to Adrahil (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:52 AM

Mar 2016

#berniemath

Seriously, where the heck do they think he'll get those votes over her?

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

4. FYI, it's "delegates"

Reply to rainy (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:49 AM

Mar 2016

You put those "delicates" in the spin cycle.

rainy

(6,089 posts)

6. Fixed it. I used i instead if e so auto

Reply to bigwillq (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:58 AM

Mar 2016

made it delicate instead of delegate

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)

7. Because they are biased for Clinton

Reply to rainy (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:26 AM

Mar 2016

demwing

(16,916 posts)

9. ^^ this is the answer

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:32 AM

Mar 2016

Why Clinton, you ask? Because Bernie scares the shit out of the establishment, that's why.

Blue_Adept

(6,397 posts)

8. Because they count?

Reply to rainy (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:28 AM

Mar 2016

And most places when doing it are listing it as both, so you can see which are regular and which are superdelegates.

Gwhittey

(1,377 posts)

10. Actual they don't count

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:39 AM

Mar 2016

at this time because they only vote at the convention. To declare them for her is just media slant to make it seem Sanders has no chance of winning. BTW anyone who think Super Delegates are a good idea and are happy Clinton has them needs to take a step back and ask yourself Why are lobbyist who are Super Delegates votes worth about 10,000 of us lower class citizen votes? We the people are 1/100000 as important than "Jeff Berman, well-known for his delegate-strategy work in the past, is being paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign to organize her delegate-counting effort while himself being a superdelegate. A “top lobbyist” at Bryan Cave LLP, Berman previously worked as a lobbyist for the private prison company Geo Group and as a lobbyist helping TransCanada build support for the Keystone XL."

https://theintercept.com/2016/02/17/voters-be-damned/

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