Why should the south have an outsized say in who our nominee is

[AZ Progressive]

This is not an attack on the south but to show that Democratic voters in the rest of the country largely still have yet to be heard.

Map of which states have gone so far:



(Missouri is not shown but is basically a tie.)

Let the rest of America be heard.

[pdsimdars]

1. But we'll get a flood of "smug" today, you can count on it.

[joshcryer]

2. Mikulski Commission

Intended to give more fair representation to minorities in the nomination process.

Winner talk all was abandoned by the Fairness Commission due to Jesse Jackson and Gary Hart saying it was unfair (I don't disagree and I think the Republicans are about to get a cold, hard reality check about winner take all as the fascist rises in their party).

So you got southern states and proportional delegation out of, frankly, fairness.

I didn't know this and decided to look it up, because why not, and came across this: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3291&context=honors_theses

I was never big on the argument being made though, even though the south does tend to be untappable, I think the nominee should always try to get southern states and am fully behind the 50 state strategy.

[firebrand80]

3. They only have an "outsized say" because

Bernie got hammered in those States

[JI7]

4. They don't