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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm sick of California and the West Coast going damn near LAST in having a say in the process [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)24. Good point. OP, your vote counts,
but you want the winner called after you vote, which is hardly unreasonable. But if it happens before, surely you can take it? After all, it would be very wrong and dysfunctional for California, with something like 548 delegates, to vote early. Many millions of Californians, including my husband and I, have had no problem handling this great adversity like mature adults.
Coming last in a long line for a public bathroom--now that can be a problem.
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I'm sick of California and the West Coast going damn near LAST in having a say in the process [View all]
One Black Sheep
Jun 2016
OP
Because liberals and progressives are an important part of the Democratic base
One Black Sheep
Jun 2016
#9
Because putting an enormous state second would help the lesser known candidate?
mythology
Jun 2016
#10
You realize that if CA had gone first, instead of Iowa, Bernie would be toast much earlier...
Sancho
Jun 2016
#23
Maybe California should divide into multiple regional primaries on different dates
HereSince1628
Jun 2016
#29
50 million people on the west coast are ignored, which is why the beltway still thinks
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#33