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In An Alternate Universe

By wt

The Democratic primary system is so messed up. As this article points out, the system:

1. Gives disproportional delegates to Dem primaries in red states

2. Gives disproportional delegates to small states

3. Overemphasizes the weight of caucus voters as opposed to primary voters

4. Minimizes the impact of voters in large blue states like California and Wisconsin

Hmm. See any candidates that would benefit from these anomalies? I do. His name rhymes with Bobama.

What about in that alternate universe, where there's a winner-take-all system? Clinton is ahead in the popular delegate count:

Accordingly, I reassigned Democratic delegates on a statewide winner-take-all basis, and found that Clinton, not Obama, would have a pledged delegate lead.

So congratulations Hillary. Your party systematically made it in nearly impossible for you to win its nomination this year.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).