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Current Affairs The 2020 United States Presidential Election
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skybluematt
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I've been reading a bit into the Democratic primary in 2016. "Rigged" is the word that is banded about a lot.
Is it something that people should be legitimately upset against? It might be the norm but is it not just another way for the lobbyists that fund the Democrats to get who they want?
Questions for the American audience (or those that are better read when it comes to American politics). Do you think that the 'Super Delegate' vote have an impact on Democrats voting in the 2016 elections? Will those votes return this time around and will they make a difference?
Michigan was a swing state that Bernie won in the primaries before the 'Super Delegate' vote.
Is it something that people should be legitimately upset against? It might be the norm but is it not just another way for the lobbyists that fund the Democrats to get who they want?
Questions for the American audience (or those that are better read when it comes to American politics). Do you think that the 'Super Delegate' vote have an impact on Democrats voting in the 2016 elections? Will those votes return this time around and will they make a difference?
Michigan was a swing state that Bernie won in the primaries before the 'Super Delegate' vote.
BirkenheadBlue
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Yeah ditto, someone who actually knows what the **** they’re looking at. lolI'd love a look at those accounts.
Actually, I'd love someone else to look at those accounts and tell me what's in them
BirkenheadBlue
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The primaries are long gone.
I might be missing something, but I’m not sure of the link you’re asking about as regards the General Election
BirkenheadBlue
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42m ace voted already. Over 30% of the 2016 electorate.
With a fortnight still to go. Unreal.
With a fortnight still to go. Unreal.
skybluematt
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My thought process was that some Democrats may not of voted for Hillary out of spite because of what happened to Bernie in 2016. If that was the case, would those votes return in 2020 for Biden now that they know how important it is?
TN Toffee
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I don’t think you could say it was rigged. Hillary received ~3M more votes over the course of the primary. I think it’s fair to assume that some disillusioned Bernie supporters either stayed home, or voted 3rd party in 2016, which certainly played to Trump’s advantage. I’d think Bernie’s people are much more likely to show up and vote for Biden this time. No viable 3rd party is on the ballot, and I think everyone knows the stakes of what letting Trump have four more years are. Also, I don’t think a lot of people truly thought Trump could win in 2016 so it was easier to justify sitting at home and pouting about your favorite not getting nominated.
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sdk
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Some Sanders supporters were pretty open about not voting for Clinton in 2016. I'd guess the DNC's preference for Clinton over Sanders wasn't a primary reason not to vote for her, but rather something they added to a preexisting list of grievances against her (because she's always going around murdering people and she's the most power-hungry woman in American history and she runs an international pedo ring out of the basement of a Washington DC pizza shop that has no basement, among other things). A lot of Americans have been cultivating their dislike of Hillary Clinton since the 1990s. I think a lot of 'em have swallowed a boatload of propaganda and don't know what they're talking about, but that's for another thread I hope to never post in.
Capitalism's still capitalism but far, far fewer people feel the kind of vitriolic, highly personal animosity for Joe Biden that they do for Hillary Clinton, and there aren't any (comparatively) high-profile third-party options this time, so one hopes many such folk can reconcile themselves to voting for the Democratic nominee.
I mean it's not even the same sport the messages. He's not saying vote for me because my opponent is this, that, or the other thing. It's VOTE.
Wow...these folks know how to market/spin. (better for now, mainstream Dems are screwed for later).
Perhaps one day when the GOP runs a sane candidate again. But who is that candidate in near future? Might be 3 cycles before a reasonable GOP candidate wins the nomination. And by that time which of them would hire these guys after they've shredded the GOP this cycle and they are all pushing or already 70 years old?
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