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Mark my words: they will put Kamala 2.0. or Gavin in the race for president instead of AOC or any other progressive. (feddit.org)
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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Superdelegates. They are supposed to make their votes when things are nearly settled. As a collective, they voted for Hillary before the contest even started, which gave people the impression that Hillary was winning.

This is like a judge giving their opinion, before letting jurors discuss their decision.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Superdelegates don't vote until the convention, potentially they could have still nominated Clinton if Sanders won the pledged delegates, but it never came up, since he didn't. Like I'm not contesting that the party establishment favored Clinton, but you can't say they circumvented the will of the voters when the nominee was the person who won the popular vote.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Throughout the primary, the media counted all the superdelegates as Clinton votes, regardless of their theoretical obligation to vote for whomever won their state's primary. Voters were relentlessly bombarded with the notion that it was impossible for Sanders to obtain the nomination. Yeah, she got more votes, but like, shit wasn't fair, man.

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