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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Biden is actually right about that. Let the process play out, ballot after ballot if necessary. The problem is with the superdelegates. They are not elected delegates. Yet they get to vote at the convention. That is about as undemocratic as it gets.


11 posted on 03/01/2020 8:28:36 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

On August 25, 2018, the Democratic National Committee agreed to reduce the influence of superdelegates by generally preventing them from voting on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention, allowing their votes only in a contested nomination.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate


Sounds good until you think about it. Now they just have to make sure it is a contested nomination.


15 posted on 03/01/2020 8:33:35 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Leaning Right

There is no obligation for a nominating process to be “democratic”.


20 posted on 03/01/2020 8:39:28 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: Leaning Right
The problem is with the superdelegates. They are not elected delegates. Yet they get to vote at the convention. That is about as undemocratic as it gets.

And you thought the DNC was set up to implement a democratic process? Really? It is a corrupt organization that because of the dominance of essentially a two-party system, yields tremendous power. It is an organization set up to, among other things, nominate a presidential candidate every four years. It's no different than the Green Party, the Constitution Party, or the Party for Socialism and Liberation, except the DNC has tentacles so deep into the government, it makes, changes and plays by its own rules.

40 posted on 03/01/2020 9:58:29 AM PST by Go Gordon (I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
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