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Originally posted by AlphaOmega
Where's the quote from that? It says "he added that if he ultimately loses, he will work to ensure that Clinton defeats Trump in November." no words at all? makes sense. Also, that goes directly against what Jeff and Bernie have been saying for months. "The nomination is not over. We will see what happens" is usually the response.
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It's interesting to me that you're contoniously supporting Bernie Sanders despite the fact he's behaving like a petulant child. Tomorrow Bernie Sanders will exit the race because Clinton will take the majority of pledged delegates. You are all operating under the assumption that 2383 is the magic number but it's not. the 2383 includes pledged
AND super delegates.
There are 4765 delegates including super delegates a majority in total =
2383
There are 715 super delegates. 4765 - 715 = 4050
Meaning There are 4050
pledged delegates
Meaning the majority of pledged delegates is 2026.
Clinton has 1812 pledged delegates.
Meaning she has 214 to go before she reaches the
pledged majority.
There are 694 delegates up for grabs tomorrow. All she has to do is win a little over 30 percent of that number and she's no longer the presumed nominee she's the actual nominee.
This narrative that Sanders will take it to the convention floor is irresponsible and designed to get his ardent supporters worked up and it's actually quite insulting to people's intelligence. Just like Ted Cruz who said he would never drop out of the race 24 hours before he did, Sanders will submit to the crushing delegate math and get behind the nominee because, this will be his legacy. Right now, he has the power to influence party policy but as an independant he has 0 chance of winning because of the "first past the post" voting system in the US.
I suggest you do the same but if you don't, go. Have fun with Jill Stein because the party are fed up with millenials that don't help get other democrats elected with absoluley no respect for the party, try to back seat drive it.