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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Reason Why Dozens of Lobbyists Will Be Democratic Presidential Delegates [View all]B Calm
(28,762 posts)79. Ask Hillary.
Dozens of the 437 delegates in the DNC member category are registered federal and state lobbyists, according to an ABC News analysis.
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eridani
May 2016
OP
Bullshit, I'm active and am always called to help. I get my one vote, no more.
TheKentuckian
May 2016
#44
I'm against superdelegates in general and especially lobbyists being superdelegates
A Little Weird
May 2016
#43
Someone running for the office of the presidency should definitely not be a superdelegate
A Little Weird
May 2016
#57
It certasinly does not disqualify them as voters. It disqualifies them as potential
eridani
May 2016
#24
Because a filmmaker should probably be able to release a documentary about a candidate during an
Recursion
May 2016
#28
You're saying she was corrupted by the LGBT advocacy groups she's worked for?
Recursion
May 2016
#35
I am saying tht salaried lobbyists should have no more influence than their individual vote n/t
eridani
May 2016
#36
No one who gets paid to influence the political process, regardless of actual profession. n/t
eridani
May 2016
#38
Why should your vote be equal to theirs? They literally do the work of the party
Recursion
May 2016
#77
My neighborhood has a lobbyist, he helped sort through Gov. grants & we got a new road.
Sunlei
May 2016
#7
several million dollars of stimulus money, couple years of road projects/plans and 'jobs'.
Sunlei
May 2016
#76
I don't like Corporations intruding into our electoral process by gaining voting rights. nt
silvershadow
May 2016
#26