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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 04:05 PM Apr 2016

Democratic and Republican voters: do you feel disenfranchised?

For Bernie Sanders supporters, the last few weeks of the presidential race may have seemed contradictory: how is it that the Vermont senator racked up his seventh straight victory over rival Hillary Clinton, yet her lead for the Democratic nomination looks insurmountable? The short answer: superdelegates.

A similar frustration is brewing across the aisle, where another outsider has shaken up politics as usual only to find himself the likely target of a contested convention. For Donald Trump’s supporters, the sense that their votes are being pushed aside by the party elite is palpable.

Now, we want to hear from you

Do you feel disenfranchised by the delegate system as it currently exists for the Democratic and Republican parties? Tell us about it, by filling out the form below. A selection of responses will be featured in our coverage of the topic later this week.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/11/trump-sanders-clinton-instead-of-hillary-clinton-donald-trump

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Democratic and Republican voters: do you feel disenfranchised? (Original Post) octoberlib Apr 2016 OP
Yes! Melissa G Apr 2016 #1
Excellent! I just happened to see this over at the Guardian and decided to post it in here octoberlib Apr 2016 #2
Sure I do because the system is rigged against anyone deemed an outsider. draa Apr 2016 #3
Yes. DamnYankeeInHouston Apr 2016 #4

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
2. Excellent! I just happened to see this over at the Guardian and decided to post it in here
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 04:29 PM
Apr 2016

because we have so many smart, informed members.

draa

(975 posts)
3. Sure I do because the system is rigged against anyone deemed an outsider.
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 04:39 PM
Apr 2016

As long as the political parties want to keep people like Bernie and Trump out of power they have multiple layers with which to do that. From uninformed and apathetic voters to billions of dollars of mostly corrupt money.

The Superdelegates are just another layer in that system for the Democrats. They realized decades ago that they were vulnerable to outsider rebellion and put in an additional stopgap measure.

DamnYankeeInHouston

(1,365 posts)
4. Yes.
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 04:57 PM
Apr 2016

I feel disenfranchised by super delegates who get to vote twice and their vote is worth as much as thousands of regular votes. I feel disenfranchised by all the shannigans the Democratic Party is pulling. It's time for a Democratic Socialist Party.

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