• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    14 hours ago

    The popular vote mattered in the primary that Hillary won, but was ignored in the general that she also won but lost the EC Vote to Trump.

    Rather than fight Hillary and the DNC we should have fought Trump and it’s still true now.

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      13 hours ago

      I have voted for Trump’s opponent every opportunity I’ve had. What else do you want me to do?

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        13 hours ago

        Promote them, stop speaking ill of them, stop parroting the bullshit claim that the DNC magically made MILLIONS of votes appear for Hillary or Biden.

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          13 hours ago

          I have never made that claim. Are you just arguing with some imaginary person here? I can leave you to it, if you want to continue.

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            13 hours ago

            But that shouldn’t translate to her having an enormous lead before anyone votes. That’s not democratic.

            Look at the post you’re under. The claim that Bernie was cheated is rampant and you’re down in the comments arguing with people who have hard irrefutable numbers showing he lost by such a large margin that superdelegates could never have played any part in it. Your intentions are clear.

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              8 hours ago

              Have you read any of my comments? This entire time, I’ve made it incredibly clear that I’m talking about delegates. You’re either not very good at reading or you’re purposefully misunderstanding me.

              Let me lay it out again, nice and slow. Delegates are the only votes that actually count toward deciding the nominee. It is indisputable that Hillary had a huge lead over Sanders in delegates before anyone voted in the primaries. Look it up.

              California is roughly 10% of the electoral college. Imagine, if you will, if California just went to whoever the elite liked in the general election, regardless of any votes. That would be unfair, yes? That’s not even as bad as the 15% share of superdelegates in the DNC.

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                8 hours ago

                Did California go to whoever the elites like? No, it went to the most popular candidate in that state: Hillary Clinton, so stop spreading your bullshit.

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                  8 hours ago

                  The superdelegates went to who the elite liked, yes. That would be Hillary.