May 1st - /r/HillaryClinton featured as subreddit of the day.[ SRoTD Town Hall ]
An interview with the moderators discussing the reasons to support former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's presidential bid
Hillary Clinton has lead of 333 pledged delegates. Given the proportional way that delegates are assigned in the Democratic nominating process, do you see any way where Sec. Clinton does not win the nomination?
The pledged delegate lead is only expected to grow but even if it doesn’t, Clinton is too far ahead at this point to matter. Since delegates are awarded on a proportional basis, huge blowouts in all of the remaining primaries would be required to even come close. Being Hillary is favored in almost all of the remaining contests, this scenario is extremely unlikely. Clinton is just too far ahead.
The Sanders campaign has also suggested flipping super delegates that now heavily favor Clinton. Earlier in the campaign he suggested these delegates in each state should go to whichever candidate won that state. Even if this were to occur, Hillary would still win. The fact is no matter how you look at it, Clinton will still win:
Clinton wins with the super delegates
Clinton wins without the super delegates
Clinton wins with the popular vote
No matter how you look at it, there is no real path for Sanders to catch up.
Let's talk about super delegates. The Sanders people despise them and feel like they're stealing democracy. The GOP seems like they wish they had them. What is the role of the super delegate, and why do you think they're needed? Or maybe you don't think that. If not, just tells us your feelings on that.
Super delegates are state and federal representatives, senators, presidents and vice presidents, most of who are elected by the people to represent their state. They were created to allow party leaders to prevent selecting a completely unelectable nominee such as George McGovern, who lost to Nixon in 1972 by a landslide. Even so, super delegates have never over-ruled the will of the voters. NEVER!!! And they will not do so this time.
Still the Sanders campaign deemed them undemocratic. He was adamant they should go to the candidate with the most votes in their respective states. But now that this scenario no longer favors him, he feels the super delegates should support him anyway. Regardless, these are the rules set out from the beginning. You do not change the rules of a game at half-time. And even if you did, Clinton still wins no matter how you change the rules or calculate the delegates.
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