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In reply to the discussion: Will Bernie give back delegates to conform to Washington primary vote totals? Clinton 54% [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)10. The Democratic Party sued the State of Washington to demand they be allowed to use a caucus
to allot their delegates. They made a case in court that they should be allowed to do so. This is why they have a caucus, the Party wanted it that way. How could they then allot delegates according to a Primary outcome they have litigated to make moot?
This is a very strong criticism of the Party you offer here. You accuse them of countering the will of the people when just days ago, in Nevada, Camp Clinton was claiming to BE the Party, loyal to the core. Apparently that is not the case at all.
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Will Bernie give back delegates to conform to Washington primary vote totals? Clinton 54% [View all]
Bill USA
May 2016
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bernie and his crowd only believe in the will of the people when it benefits THEM nt
msongs
May 2016
#1
Washington primary votes are 'artificial' ... a new kind of vote suppression? . if they're not 4 our
Bill USA
May 2016
#7
Of course he won't, but remember to cite this the next time a Sandersfan screams about
Tarc
May 2016
#6
The State result is determined by the caucus, that's the case because the Democratic Party
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#12
The Democratic Party sued the State of Washington to demand they be allowed to use a caucus
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#10
If you are going to complain that "the rules are the rules," then you can't really complain when the
BzaDem
May 2016
#11
No, but this incident illustrates perfectly why caucuses should be totally banned starting in 2020.
tritsofme
May 2016
#13
Interesting! He definitely should give them back to conform to the will of the people!
R B Garr
May 2016
#20
You are assuming that the WA primary would have the same results if it was binding.
Vattel
May 2016
#22
so you want to replace counts of actual people with nonbinding numbers from hackable machines?
GreatGazoo
May 2016
#25