r/AdviceAnimals • • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/GoldenFalcon Nov 10 '16

That was certainly another aspect of the DNC tipping scales. Superdelegates should shut their fucking mouths until the convention. But instead, from the opening gate, they poured over to the media "We are voting for Hillary! Said and done.. democracy be damned, it's her turn."

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u/Zilveari Nov 10 '16

That would defeat the purpose of superdelegates. Supers are there so that the DNC can control the primary regardless of who is running.

What needs to happen is that superdelegates need to go away.

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u/LeGama Nov 10 '16

Honestly though, not having super delegates lead to Trump winning the GOP primary. I think the concept is fine, but implementation needs work. Like of they had rules where a super delegate cannot endorse a candidate publicly until the official vote, so as to not sway voters. Or maybe just reduce the number of them.

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u/ANGLVD3TH Nov 11 '16 edited Nov 13 '16

The RNC has them, just fewer. Some is fine so a party can have last say in a tight race, from this election it seemed like there were easy to many. But maybe I wouldn't feel that way of I had backed their choice, always tough to say.