09-06-2016, 06:56 PM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:Dawn Meredith Wrote:Drew Phipps Wrote:The Republican delegates are all pledged to follow the popular vote, at least on the first ballot. The purpose of the superdelegate, while "undemocratic," is to prevent the Democratic Party winding up nominating a (ahem) "unelectable" candidate like Trump (examples McGovern and Carter). Unfortunately, it also means that they won't wind up with a candidate like Sanders.
I certainly hope that someone does a study of how the premature announcement affected voters in those late primaries.
Sadly I do not think Trump is unelectable. The number of Democrats voting this year was way down. While the number of Republicans voting for Trump was off the charts. That does not portend well for November. We are voting Green.
There are rumors that Jill Stein will run with Sanders...but my guess is Sanders will run on his own ticket.... I still think the Republicans will pull a rabbit out of their hat and somehow unknown replace Trump. EVEN the MSM admit that Trump and Clinton are the most unpopular picks in memory......show what a good job the boys in the back room can do when they want to...and to hell with the what the public wants or needs. Any Oligarchy is a terrible thing to waste.....::bowtie::
It's impossible at this point for any new third party candidate to get on the state ballots in time. They've gradually made it harder over the years to get the necessary signatures, filing deadlines, etc.