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To: simpson96
Reminder:

Hillary Clinton: 16,914,722 (55.2%)
Bernie Sanders: 13,206,428 (43.1%)

The super delegates were the only reason Bernie Sanders had any late hope at all. All his supporters kept crossing their fingers for a Clinton indictment, which they hoped would cause the super delegates to dump her for Sanders. It's they who wanted the super delegates to veto the will of the Democratic Party primary electorate and install Sanders as the nominee (i.e., have the super delegates "steal" it).

The nonsense about super delegates also ignores the fact that Sanders got way more help from caucus states than Clinton got from super delegates. Consider this: Sanders won the state of Washington's caucus in March 2016, when fewer than 30,000 people voted, but Clinton won Washington's primary two months later in May, when over 700,000 Democrats participated. Sanders received 74 WA delegates vs. Clinton's 27 because of the whole caucus thing.

Ultimately, you look at the map, Clinton won California, won Texas, won New York, won Florida, won Illinois (all by big margins)... seriously, what was the biggest state Sanders won? Michigan, where he just squeaked by? Everything else was crap like the North Dakota caucus, wherein Sanders won with literally 250 votes.

Sorry, I have no love for Clinton, but the Bernie Bots crying about "stolen primary" is absolutely, 100% grade-A horse crap.

6 posted on 06/09/2018 5:52:27 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

All his supporters kept crossing their fingers for a Clinton indictment,

I still have my fingers crossed. LOL


8 posted on 06/09/2018 5:57:45 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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