The Democratic Primaries Are Inherently Undemocratic
Bernie Sanders could end up winning the most delegates while losing the popular vote
Super Tuesday is nearly here, which means the fight over delegates is growing more intense. This became apparent during the Nevada debate, when all the other candidates, other than Sanders, refused to endorse making the candidate who wins the most pledged delegates the nominee even if he or she failed to reach the 51% party threshold to be nominated. At the same time, some Congressional Democrats are already preparing for a contested convention and bristle at the suggestion they should revoke the role they were given to help choose a nominee in the agreed-upon rules. In response, Sanders speechwriter David Sirota tweeted that Democrats were guilty of attacking the Electoral College for failing to sync up with the popular vote while also insisting the Democratic primary won’t be determined by a popular vote.
It’s actually worse than that. The Democrats’ delegate selection process is less democratic than the electoral college. And the popular vote and the pledged delegate count are in no way the same thing.
When people vote in the primaries and caucuses, they aren’t voting for a candidate — they are voting for the selection of pledged delegates (which effectively…
