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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie just won Nevada! [View all]PatrickforO
(14,558 posts)128. Yeah, baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feel the BERN!!!!
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Well then why are you complaining about the "will of the people" when we are all on the
totodeinhere
Apr 2016
#215
That is really weird. You'd think if you were appointed to represent the people in your county . .
Major Hogwash
Apr 2016
#148
they disenfranchised themselves. Bernie people showed and honored their pledge. hrc folks didnt
roguevalley
Apr 2016
#139
2012 Ron Paul eventually won Iowa for the same reason, his delegates showed up, Mitt's did not.
Turn CO Blue
Apr 2016
#101
The problem is that the Clinton delegates aren't very committed. So blame us? nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#222
But delegates should know a bit more about the details than normal voters, shouldn't they? nt.
polly7
Apr 2016
#41
He won the system as it exists. Hillary (and her delegates) could have done the same.
SusanCalvin
Apr 2016
#68
I suppose they would have if they could have BUT problem wasn't late voting it was when
Seeinghope
Apr 2016
#111
If you call that fair and square than I'm glad that I wouldn't ever have to put my trust in you
Seeinghope
Apr 2016
#201
were not talking about voters here....these were supposedly committed Hillary delegates?
virtualobserver
Apr 2016
#56
6000 votes? total? wow there are more people at the local shopping mall than that nt
msongs
Apr 2016
#10
Yes the Clark Count Democratic Party announced the final count on twitter
GeorgiaPeanuts
Apr 2016
#31
Sanders will win more DNC delegates from Nevada despite losing the day of the caucus vote
geek tragedy
Apr 2016
#36
Look at the map. Bernie has, also, won all of the other large counties in Nevada.
w4rma
Apr 2016
#58
If Clark County flips to Bernie, he wins Nevada as far as I can tell nt
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#64
It should be voting by paper ballot and counted with all there..nothing else. no caucus no
bkkyosemite
Apr 2016
#144
So why didn't the Clinton delegates show up? Did BernieBro's threaten them? Or were ...
Scuba
Apr 2016
#63
I think electing county delegates who then have to meet to elect state delegates later sucks
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2016
#88
Caucuses are not democratic. They do not represent one person, one vote and they disenfranchise
Metric System
Apr 2016
#87
Caucusing requires setting aside hours of time and doing a lot of standing around and waiting. You
Metric System
Apr 2016
#113
No wonder Bernie loves the Cacuses, so much easier to disenfranchise voters and
synergie
Apr 2016
#89
There may be cause here for the DNC to strip Nevada's delegates and refuse to seat them
Tarc
Apr 2016
#112
DNC rules mandate that district level delegates reflect caucus voting, not county convention voting
Lucinda
Apr 2016
#116
I don't blame them for changing their minds but to assume that their change
thereismore
Apr 2016
#167
I don't know whether they are still calling each other after every contest, but there is no reason
StevieM
Apr 2016
#130
It would be if the popular vote tally had even one damn thing to do with the nominating process
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#158
Nothing you wrote here has anything to do with how we declare winners and losers
StevieM
Apr 2016
#200
What's interesting is both candidates were missing a substantial amount of delegates.
RichVRichV
Apr 2016
#176
If what's being posted at the Las Vegas Sun is true, there might be more to this then just
RichVRichV
Apr 2016
#191
If that's true then how did Bernie go from being down 847 delegates in the county to being up 578?
RichVRichV
Apr 2016
#208