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Do you ever get the feeling with the delegates, super delegates and all that your vote is (Original Post) RKP5637 Mar 2016 OP
Ah, yeah I kinda do sometimes. old guy Mar 2016 #1
It's an obsolete voting system IMO for the 21st century. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2016 #4
Can't disagree. old guy Mar 2016 #14
On top of so many people wanting the primary to end while my state hasn't voted yet. arcane1 Mar 2016 #2
It's annoying, already the picks are being forced on us. It's like most votes don't even matter. RKP5637 Mar 2016 #3
Our votes count Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #5
Definitely!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2016 #8
I live in Oregon. HuckleB Mar 2016 #6
I will be quite shocked if mine counts nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #7
We need a better system. This one is obsolete IMO for the 21st century, but I have no idea how RKP5637 Mar 2016 #9
After a major crisis nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #10
That's generally what it takes in the US. It seems to me most things have never happened in the RKP5637 Mar 2016 #12
Yes bigwillq Mar 2016 #11
Yep, I don't like it. Way too many shenanigans and propaganda go on, often hidden IMO. RKP5637 Mar 2016 #13

RKP5637

(67,086 posts)
3. It's annoying, already the picks are being forced on us. It's like most votes don't even matter.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 08:49 PM
Mar 2016

IMO it's a F'ed up archaic system.

RKP5637

(67,086 posts)
9. We need a better system. This one is obsolete IMO for the 21st century, but I have no idea how
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:16 PM
Mar 2016

that would ever come about.

RKP5637

(67,086 posts)
12. That's generally what it takes in the US. It seems to me most things have never happened in the
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:20 PM
Mar 2016

US without a major crisis and/or a societal uprising. There are, of course, millions upon millions of people fed up, people of all stripes. I think literally everyone has a gripe except those on the take, and those that never know anything anyway. OWS tried and they beat them into submission for the most part.

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
11. Yes
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:20 PM
Mar 2016

But not always because of delegates and super dels. The EC, too.

I live in CT. The DEM candidate usually always wins my state, with or without my vote. If I never voted for the presidential race ever again, it probably wouldn't matter. Only a handful of states really matter right now, the "swing states". Every other race is normally decided well before election day.
You know DEMs will get NY, Cali, CT...and other blue states.
You know Rs will get Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi...and other red states.
The fate of the nation rests on just a few states. Not sure if I like that.

RKP5637

(67,086 posts)
13. Yep, I don't like it. Way too many shenanigans and propaganda go on, often hidden IMO.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:29 PM
Mar 2016

And it just seems millions really get left out of the process once a candidate gets enough delegates. I find it a rather bizarre system for the 21st century.

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