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1 of 1- Goose
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Close Primary. 2008 was Closer
I don't think that Bernie is right in complaining of unfairness.
If You Think the Democratic Primary Race
Is Close, the 2008 One Was Even Tighter
Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by more delegates than Barack Obama had over Mrs. Clinton in 2008. As of June 6, when The Associated Press announced that Mrs. Clinton had crossed the 2,383-delegate threshold needed to secure the Democratic nomination, she had nearly 300 more pledged delegates than Mr. Sanders and more than 500 superdelegates.
In 2008, Mr. Obama led Mrs. Clinton by about 100 pledged delegates and 100 unpledged delegates on June 3, the day he was declared the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The Sanders campaign has argued it is wrong to say Mrs. Clinton is the nominee because superdelegates can change their allegiance any time before the Democratic National Convention in July.
However, in 2008, Mr. Sanders endorsed Mr. Obama for president two days after a last-minute rush of superdelegates helped push Mr. Obama over the threshold needed to be nominated at the party’s convention — and before Mrs. Clinton officially dropped out of the race.
In 2008, According to factcheck.org, both candidates received roughly 18 million votes and, any way you slice it, the totals are within less than 1 percent of each other.
The trend is more clear in 2016. As of June 6, Mrs. Clinton had won about 56 percent of the vote — 13.5 million people — in Democratic primaries and caucuses compared to about 42 percent — or 10 million — for Mr. Sanders.
Last edited by Goose (6/07/2016 5:51 pm)
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.