2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumShould the winner of the general election wait to declare victory until the Electors vote?
As you know, the general election is used to choose electors. And the president isn't officially elected until the electors vote in December. Should the general election apparent winner be prohibited from declaring victory on election day? They don't actually "win" until a month later.
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)The winner should wait until the Congress certifies the results in January.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)..........
dchill
(38,505 posts)I wouldn't worry about it. It won't be an issue.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)My offer is open to any BBB who reads this.
dchill
(38,505 posts)Got anything else?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)JSup
(740 posts)...there would be no DU anyway; we'd all be in 'Border Wall Patriot Happy Fun Camps'.
UMTerp01
(1,048 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)the super-delegate leader. Arguments like what the Sanders supporters are saying would make sense. But in this case, Hillary is winning every single measure. There is no dispute about who is winning.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)The winner was declared when the total number of all delegates reached the majority.
And Super-delegates always went with the person who won the most pledged delegates.
Democrats Ascendant
(601 posts)tandem5
(2,072 posts)Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)They might get impeached or resign.
tandem5
(2,072 posts)Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)bjo59
(1,166 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)I mean she's not really going to lose much if she does wait and she stands a lot to gain with the Sanders people if she does.
Sanders is really helping Clinton more than hurting her. Both he and Warren have been going after Trump. In Clinton's weakest area the emails, Sanders has been hands off.
I expect that Elizabeth Warren will be the one working out the agreement between Sanders and Clinton. I think we will see elimination of the Superdelegates, which will get more people on board.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)Any candidate is free to declare victory when they think it has been achieved.
Have you any doubt that if 400 SD's suddenly switched that Bernie would not be declaring victory?
C'mon.