Not true. I read this thread a lot and enjoy hearing very passionate people argue on the case for both nominees. It definitely helped me decide my vote

No, what he was doing was putting down non-Americans for being interested in the election. Stating that this logic is 'ridiculous' hardly calls for me to calm down. Maybe you should take a page out of your own book.

There is absolutely no logic to such a question. Anyone with any level of intellectual foundation can compute that America - the leader of the free WORLD, has an impact on the rest of the world. It would be ignorant of me to be uninterested in American politics. If America goes to war, it's very likely we shall follow. America and the UK are very intertwined in many ways.

why does it matter if non-americans are passionate about politics?

dumb logic.

What time do the results come out?

Sis I know, I was educated on this way before. The person was simply asking a question and rather than answering them, yall just jumped in calling them ridiculous or whatever. It's a legitimate question.

Bernie would "probably win" also

It is not voter suppression.

There is nothing sinister about having Party members or registered supporters being the ones who decide who the leader of that Party is as opposed to the GP. In the UK, the Labour Party Leader is elected only by the members of the Labour Party. Although I voted Labour in the General Election to decide the Prime Minister, I had no say in who the Labour Party Leader is due to the fact I am not a member of the Labour Party. I am OK with this.

The Party Leader is decided by the Party membership only at the ballot box. This is essentially how a Closed Presidential Primary in the US works. The Party members (registered members of that Party) vote for their leader. Why would you have people who are not Party members have a role in deciding who the Party leader was? It is exactly the same principle of having 'only' US citizens being the only ones able to vote in the US General Election.

US citizens are freely able to change Party affiliations for free. They just need to do the research and find out when the deadline to do this is depending on their locale. If someone doesn't get themselves organised in time, then the fault lies with them and not the system.

The deadline to switch parties in New York was back in October, before they even had any debates, before Iowa voted, etc. What research were they supposed to do? How is that their fault?

Except he didn't "simply ask a question" and you know that full well. He was rude in his questioning and rightfully got told that the logic is ridiculous. Your point is pretty ridiculous as well, considering the fact that his comment is there for everyone to read...

NY Dems: If XXX is nominee..

Clinton
Definitely vote for: 65%
Probably vote for: 20
Won't vote for: 13

Sanders
Def: 59%
Prob: 21
Won't: 18

This is illuminating

Let's all calm down. We got 3 hours until first REAL results come in

K.

Exactly. Voter apathy is a real thing, which leads me onto the following point.

I see some talk in this thread about high voter turnouts and this is actually misleading or inaccurate. That is not actually going to happen. There is actually going to be possibly high voter turnouts ONLY in relation to previous elections, but this is still going to be a really small turnout of possible voters who are eligible to vote. Voter apathy is high in many countries including the US, and NY State has very high voter apathy in general. A great many US citizens are not interested in politics and most don't bother voting in mid-term Congressional Elections. The highest turnout for Presidential Elections was 65% and that was in the 1970s! In the 2008 Presidential Primary less than 20% of eligible voters actually voted in New York state!

Again, I am not criticising the US here, it is in an issue for every democracy. It is something to think about when you see some people complaining about votes being lost due to voter suppression or voter fraud. The bigger issue by orders of magnitude is voter apathy resulting in non-votes.

This is pretty awesome

Woo lord