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Sancho

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6. Bernie had the same opportunity to earn pledged and super delegates as Hillary...
Sun May 29, 2016, 06:12 AM
May 2016

he's been in Congress for decades. Bernie lost...

- on super delegates
- on pledged delegates
- on newspaper endorsements
- on union endorsements
- on popular votes
- on money raised

It was not a close race; not near as close as 2008. Bernie knew how elections work. It was fair.

What's fair about nominating the person with fewer pledged delegates? Recursion May 2016 #1
I just feel that the Super Delegates should have waited for the runners to run akbacchus_BC May 2016 #2
What did she have, over 500+ super delegate head start before the first vote was cast in Iowa? B Calm May 2016 #3
Not to mention media, the debate schedule, shenanigans, etc. merrily May 2016 #9
Who can forget the media reporting the DNC delegate count, always counting her Super Delegates B Calm May 2016 #17
CNN always separates out the Supers when they go to "The Big Wall" oberliner May 2016 #20
Do you agree? Yes if had been done fairly, but it hasn't. I'll always believe she had an unfare B Calm May 2016 #22
I think the concept of Super D's is weird oberliner May 2016 #23
she's ahead by hundreds of PLEDGED delegates. Again, how is it fair to nominate the one lunamagica May 2016 #10
Same thing in 08 Demsrule86 May 2016 #13
Do you actually think people voted for Hillary because they saw she had SDs already? CrowCityDem May 2016 #30
I think things have been skewed against Bernie (or any challenger to Hillary) for years. merrily May 2016 #8
What would be the fairest system for primaries and caucuses? oberliner May 2016 #21
First, let's distinguish between the "system" and people rigging the system. merrily May 2016 #24
Right - those are two separate questions oberliner May 2016 #25
Um, I replied as I did because I know why you asked it the way you did. However, my posts on this merrily May 2016 #27
Ok, fair enough oberliner May 2016 #42
It Is TOTALLY Fair When The Person With The "Most Delegates" Has Not Been Forthcoming On Matters of CorporatistNation May 2016 #44
Unfortunatly, for Bernie, most working and middle class Americans don't think he is RogueTrooper May 2016 #4
so having 30% less popular votes and 30% less delegates that makes him the better candidate? beachbum bob May 2016 #5
Again, the popular vote count comes out that heavily in Hillary's favor only if all caucus states merrily May 2016 #26
There was an analysis on the caucus states Renew Deal May 2016 #31
The analysis is imaginary. If 40 people show up to caucus, no one can say how many merrily May 2016 #32
Two of the caucus states had primaries Hillary won Txbluedog May 2016 #35
Irrelevant to the discussion. Also pretty much irrelevant to anything. merrily May 2016 #38
Washington and Nebraska . . . brush May 2016 #39
I don't know if they showed anything. merrily May 2016 #41
Ok. How many votes did Sanders get from the caucus stateds? brush May 2016 #43
Bernie had the same opportunity to earn pledged and super delegates as Hillary... Sancho May 2016 #6
Hillary will have more than half of the pledged delegates going into the convention Thinkingabout May 2016 #7
Yeah because fairness mean Sanders wins Demsrule86 May 2016 #11
^^this^^ nt LaydeeBug May 2016 #19
They have rationalized that stealing is justified because they are morally righteous Renew Deal May 2016 #29
Which system do you refer to? Blue_Adept May 2016 #12
What fair system overturns the will of the voters? gollygee May 2016 #14
You are living in an alternative universe. Give it up. He has lost, fair and square. RBInMaine May 2016 #15
what? - did I sleep through a bunch of late primaries won by bernie? DrDan May 2016 #16
....because Bernie supporters want the one with the least votes to win LaydeeBug May 2016 #18
If the system was fair he'd give Hillary most of the delegates from Nebraska and Washington Renew Deal May 2016 #28
In what parallel universe does the person with millions of less vote win? DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #33
Fairness means the candidate with the most votes winning. geek tragedy May 2016 #34
In the purest sense, Bernie Sanders has already won the primary contest against Hillary Clinton. Alex4Martinez May 2016 #36
Cosmically-Did you mean comically? redstateblues May 2016 #37
Sanders lack support from key demographic groups in the Democratic base Gothmog May 2016 #40
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