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Old 04-22-2016, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by MrPots View Post
And how many of those are "super delegates"?

Take Wyoming where Sanders overwhelmingly won, but because of super delegates Clinton got more delegates than Sanders. He won by over 10% but she got what, 18 delegates to his 11. Is that the "lead" you speak of? A rigged system.
That's the pledged delegate lead. Sanders 1151, Clinton 1428
With the bought and paid for Super Delegates, Sanders 1189, Clinton 1930

What does not make sense to me is that if these Super Delegates have the votes to look after the 'good of the party' at the nominating convention, why do they declare allegiance before the elections? Maybe because they go to the highest bidder.
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