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Blue_Adept

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12. Which system do you refer to?
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:34 AM
May 2016

The fifty different state level contests that involve voters?

The fifty county level conventions that have decades if not hundred+ years of rules and arcane reasons that make sense based on local politics?

On the next level state conventions for the delegates that are the same?

And then the national convention?

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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