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In response to "I believe strongly that the people, not a few Beltway insiders, should decide the election." by David

All that says to me is that “the people” don’t know what the f*ck they want.

Posted by znufrii, Italian baseball player (aka znufrii) Feb 27 '20, 16:06

33% for Bernie, 67% for not-Bernie.

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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

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