NV Democratic State Convention

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Clinton won the caucus when it actually happened.

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You lost a delegate you weren't supposed to have in the first place. Who cares?

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I just overheard a woman screaming that Bernie has been winning 60% of the primary vote, so this is all a huge injustice and a fix.

I mean, she'd be right if she was only talking about Vermont and New Hampshire, the only two primary states Bernie has ever crossed the 60% line.

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Golly I hope he gets mad enough to actually vote downballot!

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To anyone talking about muh democracy:



53% Clinton
47% Sanders

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I'm not going to try to defend what some of the Bernie folks are doing (from Joe Republic's account), but I do understand why they're raising a fuss about potential losing a delegate or two. Imagine if it was Sanders who had a  400 delegate lead before a single vote was cast, thanks to nearly universal backing form super delegates. Then, imagine Clinton winning New Hampshire by 22%, only to break even in the total delegate count, since Sanders won all six super delegates. Imagine if the chair of the DNC wasn't subtle at all about her support of Sanders, and wanted to limit the number of debates, preventing Clinton from getting much of a chance to make her case. Then, imagine landslide victories by Clinton in many caucus states were mostly ignored by the media, since Sanders "had it in the bag." Imagine a state that only allowed folks who registered with the Democratic Party six months before the actual contest (which was a very high-stakes contest) to vote, which prevented many potential Clinton supporters from participating, even if they were willing to give their allegiance to the Democratic Party...

Perhaps it's impossible to imagine the tables being turned. It's easy for a Clinton supporter to say that if things had happened in the opposite way, they'd be accepting that Sanders had won, and wouldn't feel as if the system was stacked in Sanders' favor, and wouldn't be paranoid about losing possible delegates. I would bet, though, that many Clinton supporters, some of whom mock the Sanders supporters who act like this (and again, I don't condone their behavior, I'm simply trying to explain that they feel as if the system is "rigged" against Bernie. Whether or not it actually is doesn't have much impact on how they feel) would be acting the same way if things were reversed.

I understand being upset about it, but if Sanders had won the popular vote than I'd be resigned to supporting him.

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BTW, what does ol' Bernie means when he says that he held rallies in "high crime areas"?
You don't think what I think?

yeah, but hillary said "super predators" so it's all good.

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I like how Jfern keeps refuting stuff with people WHO WERE ACTUALLY THERE.