• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Alright but Hillary Clinton beat Bernie Sanders in the Primary Elections, so the “corruption” you’re referring to is like 30 Million People.

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        6 days ago

        Yeah, vote totals were like 16 Million for Hillary Clinton and 13 Million for Bernie Sanders. Maybe if more people voted in the primaries we would see Bernie at the helm.

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      6 days ago

      Yes, because of the “super” delegates which was like 20 people who can automatically outvote the other hundreds of delegates.

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        6 days ago

        They are talking about popular vote, not how delegates voted. And they voted according to popular vote. Every time.
        I don’t know what will happen if the people will vote differently than delegates would like to, but so far it never happened

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          People voted for her, and Biden, because they thought they could win the general, because they were “popular” during the primaries. Not to mention the whole media misrepresented his policies, attitudes, supporters, etc. It’s very easy to convince people to vote against their interest with the proper tricks (which Trump as our current President-elect proves).

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            2 days ago

            If you add Hilary votes in the 2016 primaries and Biden in 2020, you will get less than 30 millions. 10% of population, 20% of voters. Not even quarter.

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        6 days ago

        It was real close except for the millions more people who voted for Hillary.

        Edit: sorry for the transparency making it hard to read on dark modes.