OK, there appears to be some confusion about the primaries. So let me educate you about them. First, this is not an election. Nowhere in the Constitution does it talk about primary elections for political parties. This is just a complex survey. The parties are asking your opinion.
Next. The parties have rules in place for a number of reasons. Some of them have to deal with having people who are not members, coming in and taking the nomination. This was done in 1972 by George McGovern. He took the nomination and lost in one of the biggest landslides in history. He was the Bernie Sanders of his time. His lost made a large number of people walk away from politics for decades.
The other reason is to prevent something called an open or contested party. This is when no candidate has enough delegates to take the nomination out right. This gets nasty. (All the delegates are required to vote for the candidate they were elected for.) After that they can vote for who they want. And the backroom deals get even nastier.
This is how it works. Want to change the rules? Then join the parties, become a leader, and change the rules. You cannot change them in the middle of the game. For those of you upset that Sanders did not get all the delegates from New Hampshire, here are your facts.
First. Bernie knew the rules going in. He watched it being played out for years. And finally, most states are proportional, not a winner take all.
These are the rules. Either play by them or get out of the game.
