Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)Is Warren wrong that Sanders helped implement these rules after 2016?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dumptrump1
(236 posts)And for those delegates to go to the vote winner in their states. Not that superdelegates should go to the loser.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)The responsibility that superdelegates have is to decide what is best for this country and what is best for the Democratic Party, Sanders said on May 1, 2016. And if those superdelegates conclude that Bernie Sanders is the best candidate, the strongest candidate to defeat Trump and anybody else, yes, I would very much welcome their support.
Later that month, Sanders told CNN, I am not a great fan of superdelegates, but their job is to take an objective look at reality. And I think the reality is that we are the stronger candidate.
On May 29, 2016, Sanders said superdelegates had the very grave responsibility to make sure that Trump [is not] elected president of the United States. Vote for the strongest candidate.
Told on June 7, 2016, that his superdelegate convention push would defy history and the will of the voters, Sanders said, Defying history is what this campaign has been about.
Even after Clinton had the delegates needed, Sanders was trying to get the super delegates to flip up to the convention. Because of this, the first woman to get a nomination had Sanders supporters creating chaos at our convention.
Facts are facts. Sanders and his supporters do not get to rewrite history. We were there.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Billsmile
(404 posts)Sanders didn't write the current rules. They were the result of the work of the Unity Reform Commission. (As one can see in the Washington Post clip atop this thread Sanders was no fan of superdelegates.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dnc-unity-reform-commission_n_58f50d1fe4b0b9e9848d92eb
Superdelegates were created to choose candidates that "would fare better in the general election."
https://www.history.com/news/what-is-a-delegate-and-superdelegate
In May of 2016 Sanders was polling much better than Clinton against Trump and one could easily conclude that Sanders was a better choice to beat Trump.
And Sanders is beating Trump by an average of 12 points in these eight polls, so "big numbers" seems like a reasonable description for Sanders to use.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/29/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-says-he-polls-better-against-donald/?fbclid=IwAR0y2zd4AhPWLWJVJ75WxYlxVcZXnuNGm8isGKTPCeL-vtWakESaTDhM42w
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided