3mo ago

Surely we can learn from this?

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Cool, so, we'll see the voters in the primaries going forward, right? Unlike in 2016 and 2020, when they nominated said garbage candidates?
- https://youtu.be/QGuVDz_88po
  
  Being a low-information voter doesn't make your takes correct.
  But sure, you saw an emotionally cut video online, so now you're convinced the DNC stole the primary from the rightful winner.
  
  I'm in California I don't even get to vote in primaries.
  
  I’m in California I don’t even get to vote in primaries.
  what.
  
  California primaries occur on March 5th my incredibly high information friend.
  
  California primaries occur on March 5th my incredibly high information friend.
  How does that prevent you from voting in primaries, again?
  
  It means that their vote doesn't count. I also live in a state that has one of the very last primaries, after the race is already over anyway. By the time I voted for Bernie, he had already dropped out of the race. My vote meant nothing.
  
  It means that their vote doesn’t count.
  Do you know what Super Tuesday is?
  
  Something that happened long before my state's primary.
  What does my vote mean when every candidate has already dropped out anyway?
  
  Something that happened long before my state’s primary.
  It means that their vote doesn’t count.
  
  By the time I vote in the presidential primary there is typically one name on my ballot.
  
  Sometimes its because of superdelegates, sometimes its because of a mysterious series of coin flips, sometimes its because primaries are cancelled this year.

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