03-15-2016, 12:32 PM
(03-15-2016, 12:25 PM)Benton Wrote: He probably will. But my hope is it creates a legitimate discussion about the popular vote, delegates and how our system has moved away from anyone being able to run. If at the end of this Sanders has 10% more votes, but loses by 20-25% of the delegates, that will hopefully give people something to meme about.
Fans of politics have been saying for a long time the system has big flaws, but many (most?) people don't know what a delegate is or how they're chosen.
(03-15-2016, 12:28 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This.
We could have Trump and Sanders get the most votes in the primaries and neither of them get the nomination.
Agreed. I think this year has caused a lot of people who were already frustrated with the system to learn a little something about why their frustrations are valid. People don't pay much attention to the ins and outs of this race, but there is so much discussion about caucuses v. primaries, superdelegates, apportionment v. winner-take-all, etc., that people are learning a lot about how it all works and they aren't very happy about it. With both sides having a race that is very divisive it brings everybody into that fold.
