Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumDemocratic and Republican voters: do you feel disenfranchised?
For Bernie Sanders supporters, the last few weeks of the presidential race may have seemed contradictory: how is it that the Vermont senator racked up his seventh straight victory over rival Hillary Clinton, yet her lead for the Democratic nomination looks insurmountable? The short answer: superdelegates.
A similar frustration is brewing across the aisle, where another outsider has shaken up politics as usual only to find himself the likely target of a contested convention. For Donald Trumps supporters, the sense that their votes are being pushed aside by the party elite is palpable.
Now, we want to hear from you
Do you feel disenfranchised by the delegate system as it currently exists for the Democratic and Republican parties? Tell us about it, by filling out the form below. A selection of responses will be featured in our coverage of the topic later this week.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/11/trump-sanders-clinton-instead-of-hillary-clinton-donald-trump
Melissa G
(10,170 posts)Posted my response about the Alleged Front Runner being able to buy super delegate votes.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)because we have so many smart, informed members.
draa
(975 posts)As long as the political parties want to keep people like Bernie and Trump out of power they have multiple layers with which to do that. From uninformed and apathetic voters to billions of dollars of mostly corrupt money.
The Superdelegates are just another layer in that system for the Democrats. They realized decades ago that they were vulnerable to outsider rebellion and put in an additional stopgap measure.
DamnYankeeInHouston
(1,365 posts)I feel disenfranchised by super delegates who get to vote twice and their vote is worth as much as thousands of regular votes. I feel disenfranchised by all the shannigans the Democratic Party is pulling. It's time for a Democratic Socialist Party.