DataGate - What Most Voters Will Think

[MineralMan]

Frankly, I think the percentage of voters who give a damn about it at all is incredibly small. Most people will only understand the bare minimum of what happened and will not look any further into it. Here's what I think will be remembered from the whole data issue in two headline-style statements:

Sanders Staffers Steal Clinton Data
Sanders Apologizes; Fires Staffers

Net effect on people's choice of primary candidates = 0
Net change in probability of becoming nominee = 0

Note: This OP was originally a reply in another thread.

[Agschmid]

1. Yup.

[emulatorloo]

2. Yes.

[bigwillq]

3. K and R

Good to see that Bernie and Hillary are handling this situation like adults.

[sufrommich]

4. Agree.This isn't a game changer for either campaign. nt

[mmonk]

5. Too many unknowns and variables to be so sure.

[MineralMan]

6. I doubt it.

Only political wonks are going to dig into this at all. Most of them have already made up their minds. The media will return to its navel-gazing over the GOP clown car. That's way more interesting.

[Scuba]

7. Then you disagree with DWS, or she wouldn't have gone to the press.

[MineralMan]

9. I neither agree nor disagree with her.

I don't think it matters, frankly, for the reasons I stated in the OP.

You might think differently. It's an opinion.

[Scuba]

10. You said it will have zero effect on candidate choices. DWS clearly disagrees.

[MineralMan]

11. That's my opinion. I don't care if DWS agrees with me

or not. I don't know her, and neither do most voters, to tell the truth. Only political wonks give a damn about her.

[Buzz Clik]

8. +1

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. I don't agree.

This is confirmation of people's belief that the party machinery doesn't belong to the people.

This belief is not confined to democrats.

I think this viewpoint is huge. Or in the case of Republicans, "yoooooge".

[catnhatnh]

13. Only if as you suppose there is no real investigation

and there is no further legal procedure.