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Csainvestor

(388 posts)
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:01 PM Apr 2016

Are you really telling me the superdelegates in WA and CO should follow what voters in MS

do?

The superdelegates in states like washington and colorado need to follow the will of their own voters, not the will of the voters in mississippi, and alabama.

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Are you really telling me the superdelegates in WA and CO should follow what voters in MS (Original Post) Csainvestor Apr 2016 OP
The super delegates can vote for who ever they want to upaloopa Apr 2016 #1
Yeah. That makes it ok then. revbones Apr 2016 #11
Bernie never built relationships now he wants the rewards upaloopa Apr 2016 #17
You're telling unbound delegates how they have to vote. yallerdawg Apr 2016 #2
well to be fair the bernie crowd thinks supers are bad...unless they vote for him lol nt msongs Apr 2016 #3
well to be real, you don't seem to know what the fuck you're talking about. Ed Suspicious Apr 2016 #9
Your argument is bad and you should feel bad. IamMab Apr 2016 #19
Please let Alan Grayson know that he needs to switch his support to Hillary. nt Cali_Democrat Apr 2016 #4
Superdelegate's votes count when they count. Not until then. This is the game the DNC wants to play Ed Suspicious Apr 2016 #5
The winner (Hillary) is millions of real votes ahead. onehandle Apr 2016 #6
Just because it's called the "Democratic" Party, don't get any funny ideas Romulox Apr 2016 #7
The "Democratic" part is false advertising. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #18
Unfortunately, the Super delegates can do whatever they want CoffeeCat Apr 2016 #8
The party I joined over 35 years ago was a great party, but unfortunately it has DEvolved to a past Dragonfli Apr 2016 #12
you have no idea how it works do you? GusBob Apr 2016 #10
Stop trying to tell people how to vote. Our system for selecting our nominee Lucinda Apr 2016 #13
LOL! nashville_brook Apr 2016 #15
Superdelegates vote as they choose on an individual basis. MineralMan Apr 2016 #14
The superdelegates do what they want... Orsino Apr 2016 #16

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
5. Superdelegate's votes count when they count. Not until then. This is the game the DNC wants to play
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:08 PM
Apr 2016

They set the rules. Now it's up to Bernie to change some hearts and minds. #feelthebern

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
6. The winner (Hillary) is millions of real votes ahead.
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:08 PM
Apr 2016

All this bluster about superdelegates is just that.

Romulox

(25,960 posts)
7. Just because it's called the "Democratic" Party, don't get any funny ideas
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:09 PM
Apr 2016

about following the "will of the voters".

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
8. Unfortunately, the Super delegates can do whatever they want
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:09 PM
Apr 2016

and the Super Delegates are overwhelmingly for the establishment candidate.

We shouldn't even have Super Delegates. Our primary process (and the outcome) should be determined by the voters, not party insiders, most who are one percenters.

It's pretty pathetic and embarrassing when the Republican primary is more Democratic and fair than the Democratic Party's process.

We look like tools on the national stage.

I didn't agree with all of this wrangling in 2008 either. It's an obnoxiously stupid aspect of our Democratic Primary.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
12. The party I joined over 35 years ago was a great party, but unfortunately it has DEvolved to a past
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:14 PM
Apr 2016

That I was never proud of.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
13. Stop trying to tell people how to vote. Our system for selecting our nominee
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:17 PM
Apr 2016

has been in place for quite a while now. Don't like it? Start working within the party and convince others to help you change it.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
14. Superdelegates vote as they choose on an individual basis.
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:21 PM
Apr 2016

They're not beholden to any group, vote count, or anything else. You might thing that's unfair, but that is the system that has been in place for some time in the Democratic Party.

You can work to change it. Just become part of Democratic Party leadership. That starts with joining and working within your local party organization. We have an active party organization. Join it and work for change.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
16. The superdelegates do what they want...
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:38 PM
Apr 2016

...ideally with the needs of the party in mind.

Sometimes that's going to mean doing what someone else has done.

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