"Change" has been made near impossible since the seventies
....Little known fact is Clinton/Romney actually have a secret advantage by being the pick of the elite party establishment.
You think the person who gets the most votes wins the nomination? Think again.
(R) Candidate “A” = 40% of vote or 1,301 delegates.
(R) Candidate “B” = 60% of vote or 1,952 delegates
B is close, but not quite to, the majority of delegates needed, even though he won by over 20% of the vote. In party primaries, majority of votes doesn’t mean winning; here’s where the party leadership slight-of-hand comes into play by giving the "elite pick" their portion of the delegates.
Look at the Dem superdelegates, which number 796 and are not chosen by primary voters. At the convention, they support candidate “A”, with the final results:
(D)Candidate “A” = 40% of vote but 2,097 delegates.
(D)Candidate “B” = 60% of vote but 1,952 delegates.
Candidate “A” wins the nomination with only 40% of the vote! If he (or she) knows they’re the party elites pick, all they have to do is stay close during the state primaries, and the private delegates swing the convention to their favor even though the majority of citizens want someone else.
Sorry Earthdweller. I responded to Edward before seeing your explanation. Thanks for that explanation - I didn’t realize how those “elites” came into play.