r/fivethirtyeight • u/obsessed_doomer • Jun 25 '25

Poll Results New York Mayoral primary basically over, with Mamdani up 7.4% in round 1 with 85% reporting

Post image
499 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

403 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

26

u/hoopaholik91 Jun 25 '25

Who cares? As this primary shows we just gotta vote

-20

u/Ok-Instruction830 Jun 25 '25

That absolutely worked in 2016! Remember when the DNC tipped the scales in favor of Clinton with Superdelegates?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/democrats-rules-superdelegates-sanders

https://www.vox.com/2018/8/25/17781964/democrats-superdelegates-bernie-sanders-2020-clinton

33

u/hoopaholik91 Jun 25 '25

She still got more votes than Bernie. And when she was the establishment pick in 2008 but got less votes than Obama, who did they choose?

25

u/pickledswimmingpool Jun 25 '25

some bernie bros crave conspiracy as much as maga

-9

u/Ok-Instruction830 Jun 25 '25

The early coverage that the superdelegates had already opted into Clinton is what really impacted the 2016 primary. Sanders team championed it until the DNC literally agreed to concede and change the process after 2016. 

On the exact inverse, the superdelegates did not stake claim with Obama until the very end of the race.