The Minority Report. Why Clinton or Sanders are viable even with 25% of the delegates

[rpannier]

3. Disagree

A candidate who scores 35% or more of the delegates, especially one with committed supporters is a force
Remember, they are entitled to public dissent to the platform and can force debate and vote on anything they want they choose to dissent on
Truman opposed making civil rights part of the party platform because he found it divisive and he lost the floor vote
If the supporters of either candidate decide for debate on an issue they want ijnserted or deleted from the platform they have that right.

As I pointed out in my OP, Obama had the majority of delegates and Clinton's people chose not to challenge the platform. If Sanders' or the representatives on the platform committee chose to challenge anything in the platform it is their right to do so.

I also did note that Dukakis had a plurality, not a majority and also did note that it made 88 a little different on that. But, it didn't change Jackson having 25%+ of the vote and using the Minority Vote to try and influence the platform

If Clinton had chosen to insert things in the platform in '08 that she wanted and Obama did not, they would have gone to the floor for debate no matter what Obama decided. Which would have meant his people would have spent the summer trying to negotiate with the Clinton people to avoid a floor fight on issues they disagreed with.