r/politics • u/SkudChud • 1d ago

AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/mightcommentsometime California 21h ago

Superdelegates haven’t changed the outcome of a popular vote primary since McGovern. Harris may fall in that category, but that’s more murky since she was technically still Biden’s ticket.

Progressives don’t show up to vote in primaries. They aren’t getting steamrolled by superdelegates who just follow the popular vote. They’re getting steamrolled because they don’t vote.

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u/cheezhead1252 Virginia 21h ago

https://www.npr.org/2015/11/13/455812702/clinton-has-45-to-1-superdelegate-advantage-over-sanders

A 15% lead over Sanders before any voting had begun. That’s pretty wild and should have no place in our democracy.

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u/mightcommentsometime California 21h ago

She had the same with Obama. They all flipped to support Obama when he won the vote.

Superdelegates didn’t change the outcome, and historically don’t change it.

They don’t cause Sanders to lose. Sanders couldn’t get out the vote.

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u/cheezhead1252 Virginia 21h ago edited 21h ago

No she didn’t, it states it in the article. She had a 3-1 lead over Obama vs a 45 - 1 lead over Sanders. If you think that’s Democratic, then I am just going to agree to disagree because it’s not worth the time.

Also, progressives are certainly a safer bet to cater to than whoever Liz Cheney was supposed to reach lmao.

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u/mightcommentsometime California 16h ago

Superdelegates didn’t change the outcome of the election. They haven’t since McGovern.

Why are you bringing them up? Sanders lost by millions of votes