• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 years ago

    And I’m pointing out that the only candidate that had broadly popular ideas had no path to victory in your supposedly democratic system. Your current president sits at 38% approval rating and has dipped as low as 36% earlier. Calling this a democracy is a farce.

    • pingveno@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      2 years ago

      You keep saying that Bernie Sanders is wildly popular and should have won. Please cite a poll that clearly demonstrates that Bernie Sanders has majority support among citizens as a whole and would win in a free and fair election.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        I keep saying that Sanders was the only candidate that was promoting policies that had mass support from the public. In a democracy, a candidate that proposes policies that are most popular should win. If you still can’t understand this then you fundamentally do not understand the concept of democracy. Have a good day.

      • krolden@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 years ago

        please cite a poll

        Is the popular vote enough for you? He won it in multiple states and then the superdelegates decided to pick Hillary instead. How is that democracy?

        • pingveno@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          2 years ago

          No, Hillary won the majority of both the pledged delegates (selected by party rank-and-file) and plain vote tally. Yes she had already secured the backing of the majority of unpledged delegates (aka superdelegates), but in the end that made no difference. Those unpledged delegates would have been very reluctant to essentially override the will of their voters, even if they felt like it was political suicide in the general election. Also, in the Democratic primary candidates don’t “win” states. Delegates are assigned through proportional representation.