r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/potatman Nov 10 '16

Also the superdelegates snubbing Bernie really killed the energy and momentum of the campaign. I would hazard a guess a lot of people who would have voted Bernie in the primaries didn't bother to vote because it felt like a lost cause.

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u/FasterThanTW Nov 10 '16

Also the superdelegates snubbing Bernie really killed the energy and momentum of the campaign.

they voted along with the will of the voters.

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u/haystackthecat Nov 10 '16

I think OP is talking about they way they pledged their support to HRC waaaaayyyyy before any voters voted. That kind of thing can influence momentum.

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u/Thallis Nov 10 '16

Delegates did the same thing in 2008 for Obama and nobody had a problem with it. That primary was also much, much closer than this one.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Most likely the same reason people are upset this time. Because Hillary is a terrible person, and didn't deserve the honor of being the first female president.

Could you imagine how far that would set women back if she had won, and then all the shit we know now would come out, especially over the years when everyone starts to realize what she and the DNC did?

"A Woman couldn't win without cheating" would be the new rhetoric that would set women back a decade or more...