• btaf45@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Elected delegates from a primary that most voters were never even aware of?

    How can anybody not know there is a primary held every 4 years?

    This was almost two months before voting started! Oh, and Bernie actually did come in second.

    Wow I checked and you are right. Bernie did come in 2nd in delegates! Harris was apparently 2nd in the polls but she did drop out before any of the primaries.

    Still, the fact that Harris was the Vice President made her the obvious choice of the 2024 delegates after Biden dropped out.

    Bernie split the progressive votes with Warren (who quit campaigning but inexplicably refused to drop out) so Biden won.

    Warren not dropping out ticked me off too. But it wasn’t necessarily the reason Biden won. I think he got more than Sanders and Warren combined.

    Does any of that sound like democracy to you?

    After Biden dropped out, having the elected delegates chose the nominee sounded like the most democratic option and the only option in line with the DNC charter. You had a better option?

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      12 days ago

      How can anybody not know there is a primary held every 4 years?

      Trump just won the popular vote. How well informed do you think the American public is? Why were there no debates?

      Harris was apparently 2nd in the poll

      In one poll for one day. As I said,she got some attention when she attacked Biden on race, then interest in her plummeted just as quickly.

      Still, the fact that Harris was the Vice President made her the obvious choice of the 2024

      Which is why a lot of people, including myself, were pissed off that they stuck her in the VP slot after voters rejected her. The obvious choice is someone who wins a primary. It’s Biden’s fault we didn’t get that chance, and it’s establishment scheming that put him in that position.

      Warren not dropping out ticked me off too. But it wasn’t necessarily the reason Biden won. I think he got more than Sanders and Warren combined.

      Final vote tallies are pointless in primaries. The press started treating Biden as the winner before half the country had even voted, and Bernie dropped out soon after. For the last two months, Biden was the only candidate in the race. (Though I believe Bernie won at least one state after dropping out.)

      After Biden dropped out, having the elected delegates chose the nominee sounded like the most democratic option and the only option in line with the DNC charter.

      I never claimed there was another way to choose at that point. However, Pelosi claimed that she expected a primary after getting Biden to drop, but that crashed when Biden immediately endorsed Harris.

      The point I made was that Kamala was a choice of the establishment, not voters. Therefore, the fault is theirs. They did force her on us.