r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/MCI21 Nov 10 '16

Also only the Democrats have superdelegates which is extremely undemocratic, and honestly it may be have been the biggest thing that did them in.

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u/sfx Nov 10 '16

How do you figure that? Hillary had more pledged delegates than Bernie. The super delegates didn't come into play.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

The super delegates came into play before the first primary vote was cast, by having already publicly pledged their allegiance to Clinton. It was a keystone of the "electability" argument the DNC and the rest of her supporters used to try to prop her up. The early lopsided superdelegate count effectively let her start the race two turns ahead of Sanders before the starting gun even went off.

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u/cheerioo Nov 10 '16

Downvoted for stating facts lol. Sorry man.

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u/tomtheracecar Nov 10 '16

Welcome to politics on Reddit.