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It seems unlikely the super-delegates would decide the nominee, if they did, they'd have a lot of disenfranchised voters on their hands and it'd hurt them in th
by wcummings 11y ago
It seems unlikely the super-delegates would decide the nominee, if they did, they'd have a lot of disenfranchised voters on their hands and it'd hurt them in the general.
The electoral college has rarely diverged from public opinion [1], even though individual electors can and have voted "incorrectly". I can't find a similar figure for the democratic nomination.
[1] http://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/presidents-winning-without-popular-vote/ http://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/presidents-winning-without-...
- jharger 11y agoI think you mean disenchanted[1], not disenfranchised[2]. [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disenchanted http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disenchanted [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disenfranchise http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disenfranchise
- leereeves 11y agoBoth could apply. Overruling the result of a popular vote with votes from party insiders would be like denying people the right to vote by allowing the ritual of voting then ignoring the votes.