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Re:Hillary and Bernie’s Quiet Email Battle by wcummings on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @05:38PM (#11113693)
It seems unlikely the super-delegates would decide the nominee, if they did, they'd have a lot of disenfranchised voters on their hands and it'd hurt them in the general.

The electoral college has rarely diverged from public opinion [1], even though individual electors can and have voted "incorrectly". I can't find a similar figure for the democratic nomination.

[1] http://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/presidents-winning-without-...

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Re:Hillary and Bernie’s Quiet Email Battle by jharger on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @06:07PM (#11113847)
I think you mean disenchanted[1], not disenfranchised[2].

[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disenchanted [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disenfranchise

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Re:Hillary and Bernie’s Quiet Email Battle by leereeves on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @06:44PM (#11114031)
Both could apply.

Overruling the result of a popular vote with votes from party insiders would be like denying people the right to vote by allowing the ritual of voting then ignoring the votes.

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