During the last cycle, when "everyone knew" that Dean was going to be the nominee, all of the liberals I talked to said the same thing, "I know Dean is going to be nominee but Im voting for Kerry." The only D supporting signs that I had seen around here were for Kerry. Despite what the media was telling us, I just couldnt see the D nominee being anyone but Kerry.
I have not checked the veracity of this but am told that at this point in the process, Kerry was at about 4% in the polls.
Could it be that the availability of information created by the internet is causing there to be a growing trend amongst voters to knowingly and actively reject the candidates pre-annointed by the National Committees?
Im hoping so...
When Dean was rejected, and it was obvious that the reason was not "the scream" despite what this forum and right-wing radio believed, I wondered if the Dean loss was engineered by the DNC by building the Dick Morris roach spray strategy into the process or whether the DNC was simply ignoring the will of the electorate like the RNC does.
When Dean was rejected, and it was obvious that the reason was not "the scream" despite what this forum and right-wing radio believed, I wondered if the Dean loss was engineered by the DNC by building the Dick Morris roach spray strategy into the process or whether the DNC was simply ignoring the will of the electorate like the RNC does.In Washington State, the "R"s allocate half of their delegates based upon the results of the primary election. The "D"s don't use the primary results at all.