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Dem Superdelegates: We Won’t Hand Bernie Sanders The Nomination If He Doesn’t Have The Votes

Emily Zanotti
Dem Superdelegates: We Won’t Hand Bernie Sanders The Nomination If He Doesn’t Have The Votes
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The Democratic party’s so-called “superdelegates” will not hand Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) the nomination, The New York Times reports, if the Vermont socialist fails to collect a majority of available delegates during the primary season.

The Times interviewed 93 of the party’s top officials, who have the ability to cast an independent vote for the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, and a majority believe that Sanders will not secure the necessary votes to take the nomination on the first vote, and even fewer believe that Sanders can defeat President Donald Trump in the general election.

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