Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: To those who STILL support Sanders: as I have previously posted, I agree with much [View all]The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)That should give you the necessary understanding. The figures selected are roughly proportionate to the won/loss records of the candidates in primaries to date. Sanders in these contests generally has received roughly a third of the vote, which was good enough in a crowded field for some wins, but now gives his cause no hope of success. Given the proportional allocation of delegates in our Party primary, Sanders would need to sweep remaining contests by margins of three to two or better to deny Mr. Biden a first ballot nomination, even without consideration of whether retired candidates give their delegates leave to 'vote their conscience' on the first ballot. The thing has reached a point where it evokes the limbless Black Knight of the old Pythons....
"From Bernies perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they dont want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."
"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden