2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bill Maher says the primaries will destroy liberals. This is a poll on how you feel [View all]marew
(1,588 posts)"Un-Democratic Party: DNC chair says superdelegates ensure elites dont have to run against grassroots activists
Critics say the unelected superdelegate system is rigged. Debbie Wasserman Schultz basically admitted this is true"
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/13/un_democratic_party_dnc_chair_says_superdelegates_ensure_elites_dont_have_to_run_against_grassroots_activists/
As it says above, Wasserman Schultz has already previously admitted everything is stacked against Bernie.
"Bernie Sanders won the primary election in New Hampshire by a landslide in early February, with 60 percent of votes to Hillary Clintons 38 percent. Sanders won every demographic group, excluding rich voters and those aged 65 and older. Yet, although Clinton drastically lost, she ended up leaving with an equal number of delegates. This is because of the superdelegate system."
Sanders won 15 delegates in the primary; Clinton won just nine. But New Hampshire has eight superdelegates also known as unpledged delegates and six of these unelected party elites pledged support for Clinton. Despite the fact that Sanders had drastically more votes, therefore, both candidates got an equal number of total delegates."
Unelected superdelegates have been overwhelmingly backing Hillary Clinton in the presidential campaign. Clinton, who has received many millions of dollars from Wall Street, has long been seen as the assumed Democratic candidate. In October 2015, long before the primaries even began and Americans actually started voting, Clintons campaign boasted that it had secured the endorsements of well over 500 superdelegates. NPR reported in November that Clinton had a 45-to-1 superdelegate advantage over Sanders. Two months before any voting even began, Clinton had 15 percent of the delegates needed to secure the Democratic Partys nomination or, as NPR wrote, In other words, Clinton starts with a 15 percentage point head start over Sanders. Superdelegates are not technically bound to vote for anyone and may switch their votes but historically this is very rare.
Many of us Sanders supporters did not leave the Democratic Party. The Party left us. And we simply will not go along with these strong-arm tactics. The party really needs to take 'Democrat" out of its name.
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