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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I'm glad the superdelegate system is different this time around... [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)8. Claims have been made and would, in response to your OP, be made again that...
...the mainstream media minimized Bernie's win in New Hampshire and strong showing in Iowa by focusing on superdelegates. In fact, my post is merely a copy and paste from a post I made not long ago when people on DU were claiming just that. I decided to pre-emptively address that claim. Those headlines (not a single mention of superdelegates) are clear evidence that such claims are not grounded in reality.
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My guess is that if Biden and anyone but Bernie were 1/2 but short of winning the nomination
Blue_true
Mar 2019
#57
As long as his followers are chanting his name, he will never stop. I hope I'm wrong,
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#20
The gathering for Harris of South Carolina sorority women showed the problem for Bernie.
Blue_true
Mar 2019
#58
Sanders didn't invent progressivism and he's not the only progressive candidate
emulatorloo
Mar 2019
#40
I just have to point out there's been some revisionist history regarding media coverage.
Garrett78
Mar 2019
#2
Claims have been made and would, in response to your OP, be made again that...
Garrett78
Mar 2019
#8
There are many that report it as a tie in NH and as Hillary increasing her lead due to Super D's
CentralMass
Mar 2019
#14
I just Googled "MSNBC 2016 New Hampshire primary" and here's the first article I found:
Garrett78
Mar 2019
#15
See my last post. I addressed the fact that there was talk of superdelegates, as there always is.
Garrett78
Mar 2019
#17
If the Republicans had a superdelegate system, Trump would not be president
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#21
Rep. Cedric Richmond, the Congressional Black Caucus chair, blasts proposed superdelegate changes
Gothmog
Mar 2019
#24
Dunno, the most "inaccurate" thing I saw last time was misrepresented Open Secrets data
emulatorloo
Mar 2019
#44