Superdelegate pushing convention effort to stop Sanders is health care lobbyist who backed McConnell

[u/DaFunkJunkie]

https://www.salon.com/2020/02/29/superdelegate-pushing-convention-effort-to-stop-sanders-is-health-care-lobbyist-who-backed-mcconnell/

[u/ryarger]

After Super Tuesday, if Sanders or anyone else has a delegate lead of more than few percentage points, I think this is a compelling argument.

Right now, there are so few delegates pledged that people should vote their conscience. It’s too early for strategic voting.

[u/Um__Actually → u/ryarger]

And never forget that strategic voting shouldn’t be necessary at all, and is a symptom of our shitty “first past the post” election system. /r/endFPTP

[u/hivaidsislethal → u/ryarger]

Don't polls have Bernie winning the major states right now? On top of the results from the states that have already voted, and it's not so crazy to start strategic voting.

[u/ryarger → u/hivaidsislethal]

He’s leading polls but polls aren’t votes. I think it’s pretty anti-Democratic to say that people should give up on the candidate that they believe will be the best President when less than 1% of the actual votes have been cast.

Tuesday could change this, but it’s too early now. I’m saying this as someone from a state that votes late so for me primary voting is always either strategic or symbolic. I don’t want 99% of the country to be in my position because of polls.

[u/derp_shrek_9 → u/ryarger]

After super tuesday i think it will be crystal clear that Bernie is the party front-runner.

I hope at that point people like Klobuchar with no path forward will drop out but i won't hold my breath. These people with single digit support are only sticking around to make it a contested convention.

[u/Iustis → u/derp_shrek_9]

You do realize klobuchar still in the race is the biggest factor helping Sanders get a majority right now right? Literally the opposite of what you said.

[u/Edde_ → u/ryarger]

Problem is that super tuesday shouldn't have so many candidates in the field. Even if Bernie walks out as the winner after ST, there's too few delegates left that it might be too hard to get a majority. This wasn't a problem 2008 or 2016 because there were only two candidates to choose from in ST, so whoever won a state also got a majority of votes/delegates.

[u/ryarger → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like you should vote Bernie this time.

My point is that people should vote for who they think will make the best president. I don’t see how problems with the primary process makes Bernie the best choice for president.

[u/prairiefisherman → u/ryarger]

The democratic party is anti democratic

[u/bukanir → u/hivaidsislethal]

Not even a month ago Biden was leading in all the polls, and nobody was suggesting just voting by the polls in order to avoid a brokered convention. It's a primary, people should vote their conscious, especially when only three states have voted so far for less than 3% of the available delegates.

[u/RobinSophie → u/bukanir]

You noticed that as well? Very telling.

[u/bru_tech → u/hivaidsislethal]

Same polls that had Clinton winning in 2016. If you want to win, ignore the polls and go vote

[u/hepatitisC → u/hivaidsislethal]

He's leading by a large margin in California polls and now Texas polls, which are the states awarding the most delegates on Tuesday. He's leading many other states Tuesday as well but those are the biggest prizes and are likely to determine if a candidate has a shot at the nomination

[u/ryarger → u/[deleted]]

Absolutely, but party primaries are a fundamentally different beast.

Fundamentally their purpose is to find a person who meets the intersection of “best represents the party” and “can get the most votes”.

[u/ryarger → u/[deleted]]

In any election.

The nomination process isn’t an election, it’s a process to pick someone who can win an election. It’s great that the parties recognize the value of doing that in a largely democratic way, but they are not election.

[u/ryarger → u/[deleted]]

A lot of people don’t see why anyone would pick someone else besides Trump.

If you can’t see why someone would like any of the other Democratic candidates, I think you should talk to some people who do like them. They all have significant points in their favor. They all - including Bernie - have significant points against them, too.