Democratic Primaries

pampango

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9. If you feel that any candidate who arrives at the convention with 48% of the pledged delegates

Mon Mar 2, 2020, 06:59 PM

Mar 2020

and loses has no right to be unhappy, we fundamentally disagree. If Biden or Bloomberg or anyone else has 48% and the superdelegates give the nomination to Sanders on the second ballot, I bet Biden and many of his supporters will not be very happy about that. Will they all dutifully line up behind Sanders in the general election?

I doubt it will come to that. One candidate or another usually catches fire, gets 'momentum' and starts getting the votes of people who want to vote for a 'winner', even when things are closely fought early in the primaries.

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

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The daily 538 cratering of Sanders continues unabated, on the verge of going sub 20% for 1991 [View all] Celerity Mar 2020 OP

saving the nation from an autocratic demogogue is worth the price. I mean trump of course :-) nt msongs Mar 2020 #1

Sanders just dropped to 17% with their 4:49 pm ET update. highplainsdem Mar 2020 #2

"having the nomination ripped away from him" TwilightZone Mar 2020 #3

IF (and it is highly, highly unlikely) Sanders rolls in with 45% to 48% of pledged delegates Celerity Mar 2020 #7

IF he came in with 48% Codeine Mar 2020 #10

agreed! Celerity Mar 2020 #11

That means other candidates would get 14%. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #13

Oh, I totally agree. Codeine Mar 2020 #14

With all the dropouts, it's highly unlikely to be 45/35 or similar. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #12

Great post. But a contested convention? A Trump/GOP dream come true. pampango Mar 2020 #4

"He may well still lose but he will smile " TwilightZone Mar 2020 #5

I meant he (and the rest of the GOP) will smile at the sight of a contested Democratic convention. pampango Mar 2020 #6

They don't care. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #8

If you feel that any candidate who arrives at the convention with 48% of the pledged delegates pampango Mar 2020 #9

Not happening. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #15