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amber s asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Do you think they should be allowed to exclude Florida and Michigan?

Even if Florida & Michigan moved their elections up, do think it is fair to penalize all the voters? We certainly knew HIllary was going to be a front runner in the 2008 election, could this have been a way to get her back for what happened in the last election. Had Obama, been a favored front runner for the 2008 election and the DNC decided to exclude say Mississippi and Georgia the world of Obama, Obama supporters, & minorities would be in an uproar. Although, I am not a Clinton supporter, I can see where she would benefit from this, but in all honesty, wouldn't taking all the votes and voter choices in consideration be the best way to determine what America wants. For all the finger pointing that the Obama camp does at saying Clinton is trying to rewrite the runs, one has to wonder. No one ever expected the Dem race to be so close. Had then even thought it was possible, do you really believe they would leave any votes on the table? People should do what is right & what is fair 4 all

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It's a mess. As a Florida voter, I was horrified at what happened...mostly because of the REPUBLICAN led legislature.

    Unless both states do a complete revote, they should not count. Period.

    The fact that it is now inconveniences Hillary Clinton and thwarts her political aspirations is too damn bad. She signed a pledge.

    Seat the delegates and split them 50/50.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    So then, you think it's fair that all those people who didn't vote because they were told that their votes wouldn't count now don't get to vote? The political insiders in those states decided to go forward because they wanted to control the momentum at the beginning of the campaign. The DNC warned them not to change the date. Do you think we should reward this lack of ethics?

    It's a shame that they disenfranchised their own voters just to try and have the first say in the primary process. Maybe those voters will remember how their local elected officials bungled their responsibilities.

    And, HRC admitted that these votes would never be counted - BEFORE SHE WAS LOSING.

  • bente
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    The Democratic party is screwing themselves over through no longer allowing Michigan and Florida to count number, besides because the "large delegate" crap. they have actually stated to the voters in those 2 states: "sorry your vote would not count number, yet save on helping us". We drastically favor election reform in this usa. Stretching the commonly used elections from January until eventually June is a shaggy dog tale. Allocation of delegates, large delegates, and electoral votes is a faraway from a suited situation. Caucuses could be eradicated. What became the Democratic party wondering? this style of crap ought to value them the presidency.

  • 1 decade ago

    As an Obama supporter I wish they did do a re-vote in those states and allowed them to campaign in both.

    If they cannot make it a fair voting environment then they will have to split the votes. How can you count his votes when he is not even on the ballot.

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  • 1 decade ago

    the decision was made to exempt those two states

    (and I am in Florida) so those who went to the polls

    did so to vote on a statewide referrendum - - - -

    the true numbers were not present - because it did not mean

    anything - - - - now they want to be seated - because Hill

    had the "win"

    and O's name was not on the other ballot at all

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    to top it all off - the delegates are not COMMITTED

    to vote for anybody - they pick when they get there

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    politics as usual

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think the Democrats should be responsible for cleaning up their own mess. They made it by trying to be so devious and conniving, now they own it. Ha, ha, ha!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It was a roundabout way of disallowing the vote of millions of citizens. plain and simple.

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