Posted on 02/10/2016 7:19:57 PM PST by Enlightened1
Bernie Sanders delivered the second-biggest rout in New Hampshire Democratic primary history last night, besting Hillary Clinton by 22 percentage points.
That's important, because it hands him a crushing victory, lots of momentum and money to help him staff up for a potentially long fight against Clinton. And with that huge win, one might think that Sanders would end up with the majority of delegates.
But Clinton may very well wind up with more of them (or at least be closer in the delegate count than the proportion of the vote total).
Here's why:
There were 24 delegates to be allocated out of the New Hampshire Democratic primary, based on the vote statewide and by congressional district. Sanders, obviously, won more of those, 15 to her 9.
And yet ...
Add in the "superdelegates" who have already committed to a candidate, and Clinton moves into the delegate lead. Six of the state's eight superdelegates have publicly said they will vote for Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in July. (Two are uncommitted.)
That brings the delegate total out of Tuesday night to a 15 to 15 tie.
(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...
NPR is all in for Hillary.
America’s Pravda.
That crap should be defunded immediately.
They are vetting every Republican and calling them all liars, slinging mud at everyone but Saint Hillary and Obama Almighty.
Rubbish.
Hillary didn’t “lose big” in NH.
Hillary won NH.
Hillary knows the rules, and plays accordingly.
It’s the same issue as “Q: how can someone lose the popular vote for POTUS yet win the election? A: the Electoral College counts votes differently, weighing them such that smaller-population states get more delegates per capita.”
Those who don’t know the rules are prone to losing against those who do.
What is the Super Delegate?
If that is the case, then the game is rigged and the election is a facade. It’s all fake.
As of 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, 1,556 Sanders supporters had signed a MoveOn.org petition asking the six New Hampshire superdelegates who have pledged to support Clinton to change their minds.
Looks like at least some of the hippies figured it out.
I don’t know I guess we will see.
I hope we don’t see similar shenanigans in the Republican party.
That’s crazy! So even know she got her butt handed to her. She still wins. What is this Common Core Math?
What if the Republicans do that to us and give us Jeb?
Think I’m going throw up if that happens.
Sounds like NPR is spinning the delegate fraud ...
It’s not really a surprise to learn that Hillary will be the Dem nominee, is it?
Barring an indictment, or Biden stepping in, Hillary has this in the bag.
Sanders doesn’t really have any chance, does he?
Yep and well said.
“What is the Super Delegate?
If that is the case, then the game is rigged and the election is a facade. It’s all fake.”
I have to agree. It is all rigged.
There are about 712 unpledged / superdelegates. Here is a list ist of who has made an endorsement and what titles comprise the 712. They could change their minds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Party_superdelegates,_2016
I’m not entirely sure, but seems it amounts to someone powerful/influential predisposed to a particular candidate.
Apparently Bill Clinton is a superdelegate.
the end of the D party if Hillary continues to steal delegates
For Republicans, there are generally 3 unpledged delegates in each state, consisting of the state chairman and two RNC committee members. However, according to the RNC communications director Sean Spicer, convention rules obligate those RNC members to vote according to the result of primary elections held in their states. [3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate
Bernie is a communist and even Democrat Party leaders know that; problem is that Hussein Obama never reigned in the far-left of his party’s base. Even Bill Clinton did that re welfare/crime, Reagan did reign in some of the more hawkish people regarding Gorbachev, and Dubya on a few issues.
Barry Hussein Muhammed bin Osama bin Obama has unleashed a perverted idea of being “transformative” on his party that threatens our freedom with Bernie Bolshevik Socialist Sanders.
Super delegates were dreamed up by the Democrat party who knew there would be times when the voters were not smart enough to follow the part lead and thus had to be nullified.
This is a classic case where liberals want equality in outcome regardless how hard one works or how much effort is expelled. So Bernie worked his ass off to get 20% more votes, yet the the system is jiggered to equalize the outcome to Hillary’s benefit. Oh the irony!
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