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Related: About this forumNo One Stole the Nomination from Sanders
No One Stole the Nomination from Sandershttps://politicalwire.com/2016/06/06/no-one-stole-the-nomination-from-sanders/
"SNIP............
Jonathan Chait: The system isnt rigged. Clinton is going to win the nomination because she has won far more votes. She currently leads with 55 percent of the total vote to 43 percent. Thats fairly close for a primary, but its not Bush-versus-Gore close. Its not even Bush-versus-Dukakis close (the 1988 election, widely seen as a landslide, was settled by less than 8 percent).
Clintons lead in pledged delegates is proportionally smaller than her lead in total votes because Sanders has benefited from low-turnout caucuses. Yet Sanders has enjoyed astonishing success at framing his narrative of the primary as a contest that, in some form or fashion, has been stolen from its rightful winner. His version of events has bled into the popular culture and fueled disillusionment among his supporters.
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No One Stole the Nomination from Sanders (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2016
OP
+1, Clinton could argue the pop vote was close... Sanders missed the pop vote by miles
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#4
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)1. It's not even Clinton v. Obama close. eom
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)4. +1, Clinton could argue the pop vote was close... Sanders missed the pop vote by miles
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uponit7771
(90,339 posts)3. +1, Sanders is whining seeing the long shot black guy won with the same system in 08 but he's
... claiming it's 'rigged" against him now
Trajan
(19,089 posts)5. The system IS rigged
And the more you say it isn't, the greater the distance between us ...
This movement is real, and based on the REALITY that regular citizens are getting royally screwed ..
Those people cannot rely on you ... You live in a fantasy world where corporatists 'help' the middle class by denying decent wages, health care and education because it's too hard' ...
I've kept you out of the ignore bin for some stupid reason .. that is done ....
We will go our different ways from now on ...
Signed, Lifelong Liberal .. .