Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Why You should still Vote for Sanders

After Hillary Clinton’s recent victories, many pundits and political officials have argued that Senator Sanders should drop put of the race, but there are many reasons for him to continue to fight for more delegates.

The first reason he should stay in is that he still has a chance at winning the pledged delegates.  Currently, Hillary has 1,650 and Bernie has1,348, and both need 2,383 to win.  This means that Hillary leads by 302, and she still has to gain 733 to win the nomination before the convention. With 1,206 delegates still undecided, if the Sanders and Clinton split the remaining delegates, Hillary would fall short by 130 delegates, and the nomination would have to be dcided at the convention.  It is important to note that the superdelegates do not vote before the convention, and in 2008, many switched their votes from Hillary to President Obama.  

The main reason why many superdelegates might change their votes is that Sanders is a stronger candidatein the national election. Sanders strength is in part due to his popularity among independents; however, the fact that many states do not allow independents to vote in the primaries makes Hillary look stronger than she really is.   Moreover, Hillary has such a high unfavorable rating that she could actually lose to someone like Trump or Cruz. 

Even if Sanders loses the nomination, but he brings a large number of delegates to the convention, he can help shape the party platform and influence who Hillary chooses for Vice President.  If people want someone like Elizabeth Warren to be VP, they should keep on voting for Bernie. 

As Sanders has said throughout the campaign, he is trying to create a political revolution, and so it is important for people to keep on supporting him to show that establishment politics have to be transformed.  The fact that he has been able to raise most of his funds from small individual contributions shows that a different campaign finance system is possible.  In short, a vote for Sanders is a vote for a different political system, and while Hillary attacks the system, she continues to use it to her advantage. 

Unfortunately, many people are simply following the mainstream media narrative that tells them they are fools to vote for someone who is clearly going to lose.  Would the same pundits tell a basketball team that was down two games in a series to simply give up?  Why should Sanders drop out if he still has a chance of winning or at least influencing the party platform? Instead of sheepishly following the media narrative, people should vote their conscience.  

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  1. Note: If Bernie would get 64% or more of the outstanding pledged delegates, he would have the majority of pledged delegates.

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  2. "Instead of sheepishly following the media narrative." Why make the assumption that "many people" are doing this? I certainly am not, and I expect many others reading this post are intelligent enough to form their own opinions by looking at a wide variety of perspectives found in the media and elsewhere.

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    1. Everyday I hear people repeat that Hillary can't lose, but she also cannot win without a contested convention. There are many examples of media myths that are repeated by progressive people. I was referring to the book Excellent Sheep.

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  3. Clinton and Sanders have virtually identical voting records. The main difference between them is that Clinton is tested and ready. Sanders is not.

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    1. There is a huge difference in the records and policies of Clinton and Sanders. On the military alone, Hillary is much more of a hawk. She is now supporting policies on the campaign that she never supported before or was very slow to support.

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  9. "fools to vote for someone who is clearly going to lose" oh it will if we are not try and think like them :) Some people know how to mess the media and I hate that. Thank you for the article, I hope there will be many people read this article if they are indecisive.
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