http://theweek.com/articles/607786/bernie-sanders-already-been-defeated-by-superdelegates-give-break
Most of all, Sanders supporters should not be discouraged by the fact that Clinton has a gigantic edge in superdelegates. It is quite likely that if Sanders manages to wrap up an overall victory among primary voters, the superdelegates would shift to supporting him to avoid party disunity. They might break a near-tie in favor of Clinton, but overturning a defeat by more than a couple points would be risking electoral suicide. The party badly needs young people to turn out to elect Democrats, who massively favor Sanders thus far. Millennials very well might refuse to vote for Clinton if party elites throw the primary to her over a clear electoral loss.
What's more, the fact that Clinton will have been unable to best a virtually unknown challenger with her immense head start would disprove her claim that she is more electable against a Republican challenger. As Matt Karp points out, even now she already starts with a fairly sizable favorability deficit, near the bottom of previous presidential victors.
At any rate, the upshot from all this mess is clear: Let the voters decide. Whoever wins the most pledged delegates, be it Sanders or Clinton, let that person carry the party's mantle in November.
This article right here is going to be very important in the near future. Watch as what this man hopes will happen DOES NOT happen. Then we can talk about how you guys are the good guys and so different from the Cons. I'll make a point to bump this as time goes.
Everything is going as Prime has envisioned.
Most of all, Sanders supporters should not be discouraged by the fact that Clinton has a gigantic edge in superdelegates. It is quite likely that if Sanders manages to wrap up an overall victory among primary voters, the superdelegates would shift to supporting him to avoid party disunity. They might break a near-tie in favor of Clinton, but overturning a defeat by more than a couple points would be risking electoral suicide. The party badly needs young people to turn out to elect Democrats, who massively favor Sanders thus far. Millennials very well might refuse to vote for Clinton if party elites throw the primary to her over a clear electoral loss.
What's more, the fact that Clinton will have been unable to best a virtually unknown challenger with her immense head start would disprove her claim that she is more electable against a Republican challenger. As Matt Karp points out, even now she already starts with a fairly sizable favorability deficit, near the bottom of previous presidential victors.
At any rate, the upshot from all this mess is clear: Let the voters decide. Whoever wins the most pledged delegates, be it Sanders or Clinton, let that person carry the party's mantle in November.
This article right here is going to be very important in the near future. Watch as what this man hopes will happen DOES NOT happen. Then we can talk about how you guys are the good guys and so different from the Cons. I'll make a point to bump this as time goes.
Everything is going as Prime has envisioned.
