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1337toothbrush posted...

You mean like how most states don't even get to vote before the nominee is already decided? You mean a process where the voter participation rate is even lower than the already low general election? You mean the party-controlled process where the party-favored candidate can receive special treatment and have all the other competitors called to have them drop at just the right time? You mean the process that, like the general election, is dominated by money? You people suddenly have no problem with undemocratic practices because the democratic party carries them out?

If Bernie's only path to victory was to win in a splintered field and if it came down to two candidates and the voting base broadly voted for the centrist one of the bunch, yeah, that's pretty in line with American democracy. Perfect? No, not at all, but the notion it's more democratic for a guy with 40% of the vote to represent 100% of the Dem voting base is pretty laughable. Bernie's best bet was to not receive a majority of the vote, there's no real way around this when you bring up resentments from 2020.