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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What's this "endorsement" thing? [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)27. I vote for A, A endorses candidate B, then I'm automagically likely to look more favourably on B.
Also, endorsements of candidate B from elected officials of the Dem party means an automatic "superdelegate" vote for B in the primary election - a fact which, when considering the proportion of superdelegates, heavily weighs the result. So the primary isn't purely democratic, superdelegates having at least the theoretical ability to, en masse, supersede a clear majority of primary voters.
This obviously weighs in favor of big moneyed candidates representing the establishment, the status quo.
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Actually, what you decribed isn't very far from the truth. Except the Republicans use frogs & newts.
BlueJazz
Aug 2015
#2
Remember how Sean Connery came out for Scottish independence and JK Rowling came out the other way?
Attorney in Texas
Aug 2015
#4
OK, I just wondered if we were looking at something with more influence than that...
sibelian
Aug 2015
#19
To date Hillary has endorsements of 118 current Congressional members and 15 former Congressional
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#8
Wonder why he doesn't work with Congress and how he plans to work with them
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#30
I vote for A, A endorses candidate B, then I'm automagically likely to look more favourably on B.
delrem
Aug 2015
#27
"Two-faced Sun newspaper endorses SNP in Scotland while English edition urges voters to back Tories"
Nye Bevan
Aug 2015
#20
Endorsements by Congressional members translate to super delegates at the convention.
leftofcool
Aug 2015
#24