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catnhatnh

(8,976 posts)
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:52 AM Apr 2016

You know what affects elections-super delegates

I will not be coy about this. In NH we have 8 and 6 are pledged to Hillary. But here's the thing-Both US senator Jeanne Shaheen and her husband Bill Shaheen are super delegates and have pledged to Hillary. Do you believe that 25% of a US state's super delegates should sleep on the same mattress???

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You know what affects elections-super delegates (Original Post) catnhatnh Apr 2016 OP
What? metroins Apr 2016 #1
Yes catnhatnh Apr 2016 #2
If we're not gonna be coy about super delegates, let me say that they care about money. Nyan Apr 2016 #3

catnhatnh

(8,976 posts)
2. Yes
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:10 AM
Apr 2016

In a state of 1.3 million people I object to a quarter of our super delegates sleeping in the same bed-it is almost as ridiculous as the idea so recently suggested as a Clinton/Bush race for the presidency.

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
3. If we're not gonna be coy about super delegates, let me say that they care about money.
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:11 AM
Apr 2016

To white-wash the term, it's candidate's "fund-raising ability."
Quite frankly, I don't even think it was Obama winning more delegates that turned them around; it was the fact that he raised more Wall Street money. At least to a certain extent.

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