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In response to "I hate the idea of a brokered convention. I also struggle with automatically giving the nom to someone if they have, say, 33% of the delegates" by ty97

I believe strongly that the people, not a few Beltway insiders, should decide the election.

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 27 '20, 15:48

If 33% wins, so be it.

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If 33% gets someone the nom, it's hard to say "the people have spoken" -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 17:43 3
- Also - if you like that system, move to Canada! -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 17:44 2
  - I mean, for the general. but how many ballots did it take for Scheer to get the Tory nom? 13 or 14? - mafic Feb 27, 17:47 1
    - That’s for party members only! -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 18:54
I like this David guy!!! Four more years of me! -- nm - Trump Feb 27, 17:24 1
- ... the people decided for Hillary. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 17:26
I disagree. That's in part how we wound up with Trump. That just leaves too much up to chance as to how the field lays out. Here you have more - pmb Feb 27, 16:48
All that says to me is that “the people” don’t know what the f*ck they want. - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 27, 16:06 9
- It's how every vote works straight down to Student Council. -- nm - David Feb 27, 16:38 8
  - No, it's not. Many systems require runoffs if there's not a majority. -- nm - pmb Feb 27, 16:51 5
    - Okay, certainly not every, but you get my point. People don't blink at this process until situations like this. - David Feb 27, 16:59 4
      - We're not choosing the best Def Leppard song though. We're choosing who's going to lead this country. Someone holding a minority position should not -- (edited) - pmb Feb 27, 17:05 3
        
        This is one of those rare instances where we don't line up on politics. I like the idea in theory. - David Feb 27, 17:10 2
        
        The Def Leppard thing doesn't work because it's inconsequential. Here we're talking about leading the country and also the party. - pmb Feb 27, 18:41 1
        
        You're entitled to use whatever you want, but the example you cite isn't a democratic vote. -- nm - David Feb 27, 19:12
  - “Works” is, at times, a very generous assessment. -- nm* - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 27, 16:49 1
    - Touche. -- nm - David Feb 27, 16:55
oh I fully agree. We sorta need a runoff system -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 16:06 2
- like a 2nd and maybe 3rd ballot w/o the superdelegates -- nm - mud Feb 27, 16:15
- Sorta? -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 27, 16:12
Agreed. -- nm - Al Gore & Hillary Clinton Feb 27, 15:52

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