Originally Posted by
hongkonger
It's appalling. But the DNC is a private organization and can choose their nominee however they want. Parties used to choose at their conventions, up through the 60s. Not that this was better but just to make the point.
The EC is not private; it's part of the constitution and it happens to be a ridiculous relic of slavery. It's embarrassing that it still exists.
I keep hearing this line that the two parties are private organizations and can do what they want.
Technically, this is true, but the vast majority of Americans don't see it that way, and the average voter would be appalled if he knew that his vote in the primaries wasn't binding in any way.
The GOP has this issue to a lesser degree. For example, there is no voting in the Republican primary in Colorado.
However, the Democratic Party is far, far worse. The whole concept of superdelegates is a complete affront to the concept of democracy, essentially giving certain elite individuals the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of votes each (!!!)
For a party which prides itself upon being the one "for the people" and "for the little guy", their Presidential primary with superdelegates demonstrates the exact opposite.
Even without the superdelegates and without the DNC-assisted cheating on behalf of Hillary, Bernie wouldn't have won. There is a false narrative that Hillary "stole" the election from Bernie. As much as I hate Hillary, and as much as I'd like that to be true, it's simply not. Bernie failed to connect with minorities, and basically struggled big time outside of the young and/or rural demographic. That's why it was absolutely foolish to cheat Bernie, from a strategy perspective. It only had a downside (getting caught) with no upside (Hillary was going to beat him anyway.)