Calling a race before the polls close supresses votes.

[TDale313]

This is why many of us are balking at the "the primaries are over" narrative being pushed. This thing isn't friggin' over yet!

And for any Hillary supporters who think she's inevitable and just want to be able to declare victory and shut us Bernie supporters up and move on: this hurts you too!!! Contested races mean people are interested! They mean voters are getting registered by the campaigns. They mean new people are getting involved. YOU. WANT. THAT. FOR. NOVEMBER!!!

[daleanime]

1. No they don't, more people involved means that she loses.....

which they find unacceptable. They want to choke off the primary ASAP and then try to gin up enough fear to get through the general election since this is the only path that leads to a Hillary Presidency.

[TDale313]

6. If Repub turnout's through the roof

And ours is in the basement how's that gonna work out?

[daleanime]

18. Didn't say that it made sense......

[restorefreedom]

20. it will work out great for president elect trump. nt

[RelativelyJones]

2. Jesus

Nobody wants to shut Bernie supporters up.

[Le Taz Hot]

8. Is that a fact?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280135386

[NCTraveler]

23. That is to your own post.

And no one is telling you to shut up or that you can't vote.

[litlbilly]

13. where have you been? Under a rock? yikes, wake up

[Agschmid]

3. The primary is NOT over.

I encourage everyone to vote, and to GOTV.

[bvf]

4. An interested voting populace

is the last thing the Clinton campaign wants, or needs.

The same holds true for the Republican Party.

[TDale313]

10. They'll need turnout in November

Because believe me Trump will bring people out. Unless he self destructs which hasn't happened yet.

[bvf]

15. The Republican Party would be just fine

with Clinton.

That's how far to the right our own party has been dragged in the last couple of decades. I'm completely convinced at this point, and I've been voting for almost forty years.

[Happenstance24]

5. Where was this line of thought 8 years ago?

[TDale313]

7. It was eventually there.

You heard the calls for wrapping things up early in the beginning. What party leaders eventually realized though was that the excitement of the contested race was bringing people in.

[dana_b]

17. what do you mean? It was there

during those primaries I remember lots of people here encouraging others to get out and vote.

[Happenstance24]

19. I don't remember it that way but then

I too was one of those urging her to drop out. Math is math and I wanted to be prepared for the general. Maybe it was happening here (I wasn't here at the time) but not elsewhere. Every where I went Hillary was public enemy # 1 for not dropping. I won't even start with how the media treated her.

[frazzled]

21. The analysts were saying there was no way for Clinton to catch up to O's delegate count

And they were right. And it was much closer then than it is in this 2016 race. And yes, that caused many to suggest Clinton to exit. It didn't stop turnout for either candidate.

[dchill]

9. That's why they do it.

[TDale313]

11. I'm aware. I think it's short sighted. n/t

[dchill]

14. Not from their POV.

[NorthCarolina]

12. That's the whole idea...supress votes, tampen down enthusiasm.

They succeed, they win. It's as simple as that.

Imagine how scary it must be to the establishment to consider that they may not end up with a horse in the GE on either side. Desperate times require desperate measures.

[dana_b]

16. this is a very old TRICK

and we cannot fall for it. I think we really need to get the word out on social media that this race is closer than the MSM and Hillary's people and supporters are claiming. Reach out to friends/family and any groups that we belong to.

[NCTraveler]

22. Negative campaigning direct purpose is to suppress the vote.

Very few calls for that to end.

Suppressing the vote by way of image control is a time honored tradition as well.

[Old Codger]

24. It's all over

Doncha know, she has it covered all the way and you might just as well go the fuck home and forget it all til Nov. the vote vote vote for her highup...