View Poll Results: Who are you holding your nose and voting for?

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  • Trump

    4 16.67%
  • Hillary

    10 41.67%
  • Johnson

    8 33.33%
  • Stein

    2 8.33%
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    Default Re: POTUS race

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    The whole point of superdelegates is to block the popular vote.
    It does provide the party with a limited ability to block the popular vote; but it doesn't mean that such a desire exists for a given scenario, much less that they will actually use the ability should such a desire exist (it's not without its risks).
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    Default Re: POTUS race

    Quote Originally Posted by Viking View Post
    It does provide the party with a limited ability to block the popular vote; but it doesn't mean that such a desire exists for a given scenario, much less that they will actually use the ability should such a desire exist (it's not without its risks).
    If 90% of democratic superdelegates support you, you are already 30% of the way to the nomination before a single vote is cast. I wouldn't call that limited. But yes, as I was just telling tuuvi, the great thing about America is that if the people want to elect someone against the wishes of establishment, we get our wish.


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    Default Re: POTUS race

    Quote Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name View Post
    If 90% of democratic superdelegates support you, you are already 30% of the way to the nomination before a single vote is cast. I wouldn't call that limited. But yes, as I was just telling tuuvi, the great thing about America is that if the people want to elect someone against the wishes of establishment, we get our wish.
    It's limited in the sense that a sufficiently popular candidate cannot be stopped that way. Sanders is not such a candidate.
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