• Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 days ago

    Was there a single state, where the popular vote was for Bernie but the super delegates swept in and gave it Hillary instead?

    Mine. West Virginia. Hillary got 35% of the primary vote while Bernie only got 51% and therefore she got one more delegate than Bernie. She literally only ever needed 30% of the primary vote in any state because of superdelegates.

    We had a local candidate who only ran in WV, whose whole purpose for running was to try to draw national attention to economically gutted regions of the state caused by the so-called war on coal who got 9% of the vote, and even he managed to outperform Hillary in one county (taking second, because Bernie won every county in WV) - when you’re behind a protest candidate anywhere, you done fucked up.

    • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Thank you! I’ve been asking that question for years and you’re the first to provide an example. Point conceded.