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Democratic Primaries

DanTex

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3. The candidate with the most votes/delegates obviously represents the democratic will.

Reply to boston bean (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 27, 2020, 02:50 PM

Feb 2020

Please, make an argument as to why someone with 20% of the votes is a better expression of the democratic will than someone with 30%. I'd love to hear it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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last time and prior times superdelegate votes counted on first vote. [View all] boston bean Feb 2020 OP

Bernie and other pro-democracy people wanted no superdelegates at all. DanTex Feb 2020 #1

The democratic will is those with a majority of delegates. Including superdelegates. boston bean Feb 2020 #2

The candidate with the most votes/delegates obviously represents the democratic will. DanTex Feb 2020 #3

Its not just the most votes, its the majority of the votes.. which may not happen this year. honest.abe Feb 2020 #12

Yes, those are the rules. If there's no majority, the delegates including supers decide. DanTex Feb 2020 #13

Depends on how one interprets the "will of the people". honest.abe Feb 2020 #15

Why bother having a primary jimfields33 Feb 2020 #4

Why bother having a convention if you're just going to ignore the rules anyway? TwilightZone Feb 2020 #6

It's seems like all but one is doing extremely poor jimfields33 Feb 2020 #8

Yes. Let's build coalitions. If he doesn't have 50+ boston bean Feb 2020 #9

"they can choose someone with less votes " TwilightZone Feb 2020 #5

Well, it depends on who those delegates shift to. DanTex Feb 2020 #7

just a book or two would really help you out. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #10

LOL. DanTex Feb 2020 #11

The issue is with Warren and some here *falsely* claiming he wanted superdelegates before JudyM Feb 2020 #14

Since Bernie Sanders is only a Democrat when he must be one, MineralMan Feb 2020 #16