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I may not completely understand the US primary system, but wasn't Clinton chosen by the US democrat voters? (She won the popular vote, not just because of the s
by eloisant 10y ago
I may not completely understand the US primary system, but wasn't Clinton chosen by the US democrat voters? (She won the popular vote, not just because of the super-delegates).
I don't really understand why she won instead of Sanders, maybe he was too much on the left for many democrats?
- humanrebar 10y agoYou're right, but there are also psychological effects at play. If Sanders was seen as the lead candidate, his support might have gained momentum and given him the election, especially if the superdelegates weren't in the picture.
- paulddraper 10y agoYes, in the same way that Trump was chosen by US replicablican (and later, all) voters. That said, it was a poor choice by the Democrats. They messed up. Whether it was the DNC or the rank-and-file democratic voters, IDK, but they somehow, in some way, managed to chose a more unwinnable candidate than the Republican Donald Trump.
- hackerboos 10y agoAmerica elected FDR for 4 terms. The idea that Bernie is too far left for the US is comical.
- enraged_camel 10y agoIndeed, Bernie was the only real leftist choice, which is what got young people so excited for him. Clinton though is center-right at best, and a DINO (Democrat in Name Only).
- __s 10y agoElection fraud https://news.vice.com/article/new-york-lawsuit-voter-registration-problems-primary https://news.vice.com/article/new-york-lawsuit-voter-registr...
- paulddraper 10y agoAwesome. After hearing for months about how voter fraud was a completely negligible concern, and how the Republicans were over blowing the problem because they're a bunch of reticent KKK sympathizers consolidating the white vote...some Democrats file a voting fraud case.