2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)I hate this spin that Clinton supporters don't care about voting irregularities [View all]
First of all a lot of the Democratic establishment has for years been talking about voter disenfranchisement, especially after the overruling of the VRA and making voting easier (same day registration, early voting etc.). These are core democratic issues that are not specific to this primary.
Secondly, I completely agree that there are overall voting issues, but how one extrapolates from there to make it a Sanders vs Clinton issue, is a lack of understanding of voting issues or trying to misconstrue why your candidate lost. The areas in which she was strongest (maricopa county, detroit), are the areas that have had voting issues the most (because she wins among people of color).
About NY and NYC, she is popular among registered Democrats, so when a ton of registered Democrats have been purged from voter lists, it doesn't make sense that this favors her. Most of these people were removed for not voting in federal elections for two years therefore presumed to have moved.
Voter disenfranchisement is a Democratic establishment issue and has been for YEARS. I don't care who you vote for, but this issue does not belong to any one candidate.