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Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: David Sirota: Bernie would win a brokered convention [View all]SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)30. I really do think that was one of the more funny means of appeasement.
Finally, consider the third rail of Democratic primary politics: superdelegates, the unpledged party leaders and elected officials who have automatically been seated at the convention in the past. In 2016, Mrs. Clinton won a clear majority of pledged delegates in the primaries and didnt need these party elders help to prevail. But a common misconception among supporters of Bernie Sanders that this collective of insiders robbed him of the nomination played right into Mr. Trumps assertion that Democrats had rigged the primaries for Mrs. Clinton.
In 2020, Democrats have sought to tamp down the superdelegate hysteria by barring these leaders and officials currently 765 of them from casting votes on the initial ballot at the convention. But heres the ultimate irony: They can still cast votes on successive ballots, so they could be more influential than ever if the Democratic primary devolves into a floor fight. And the potential for back-room deal-making or heavy-handed Democratic National Committee refereeing could only further fuel grass-roots suspicion that the partys elites are running the show, setting ablaze the prospect of party unity.
In 2020, Democrats have sought to tamp down the superdelegate hysteria by barring these leaders and officials currently 765 of them from casting votes on the initial ballot at the convention. But heres the ultimate irony: They can still cast votes on successive ballots, so they could be more influential than ever if the Democratic primary devolves into a floor fight. And the potential for back-room deal-making or heavy-handed Democratic National Committee refereeing could only further fuel grass-roots suspicion that the partys elites are running the show, setting ablaze the prospect of party unity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/opinion/democratic-primary-rules-trump-2020.html
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Indeed. Which Democratic delegates, when released after a first ballot doesn't determine....
George II
Jun 2019
#11
He may not win, but I'm confident that a substantial number of delegates like Bernie
aikoaiko
Jun 2019
#35
Ask Hillary hater, what would you expect him to say? Whoever has the most delegates going into a
still_one
Jun 2019
#10
I can't help but read or hear what David Sirota says without thinking of it like this:
Politicub
Jun 2019
#19
Very very unlikely we will have a brokered convention regardless of how many candidates we have now.
honest.abe
Jun 2019
#20
There are a large number of real democrats who will not support sanders for good reasons
Gothmog
Jun 2019
#21
His ability to win a brokered convention is contingent on his ability to convince people
StevieM
Jun 2019
#22
If Bernie's only hope is to win this thing via a brokered convention, we're fucked as a party...
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#24
I really do think that was one of the more funny means of appeasement.
SouthernProgressive
Jun 2019
#30