Biden/Buttigieg ticket

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(02-28-2020, 05:45 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: It won't matter how many delegates that Bernie Sanders wins, heck he could win 70% of them, and the superdelegates are still going to nominate who they like, as evidenced in 2016.

So, my question is;  Why even go through the charade of State Primary elections for National offices, if the DNC's "chosen few" are just going to name who they want, anyway?

If he had 70% of the delegates he would win the nomination. You need a simple majority of the regular delegates to win the nomination. Super delegates only come into play if that doesn't happen and a 2nd round of delegate voting occurs at the convention.

With regards to 2016, that's false. Clinton had 55% of the regular delegates and Bernie 45%. The process was different in 2016 and super delegates were part of the first vote equation, but Bernie would have needed over 75% of the super delegates to beat Clinton because she had such a large lead over him.