Why? The party has members there. Why on earth would a national political party only let members in some states choose candidates for national positions.
The SC dem party is predominantly black. Since the civil rights era, black voters have been the heart and soul of this party, I (and the party) want the hear their voices. Don’t you?
He didn’t say they shouldn’t get to vote. He said the result is irrelevant because these particular voters don’t matter to who wins the general election. Not all black people are the same. South Carolina’s voters getting to have inordinate influence doesn’t mean we’re selecting the candidate black voters in general want, and since they’re not even close to being competitive the extra focus there is a waste. If we wanted to elevate a diverse state (good idea), either of their neighbors (especially Georgia) would have been a better choice.
Irrelevant since South Carolina has voted Republican in every general election since 1976.
Why? The party has members there. Why on earth would a national political party only let members in some states choose candidates for national positions.
The SC dem party is predominantly black. Since the civil rights era, black voters have been the heart and soul of this party, I (and the party) want the hear their voices. Don’t you?
If South Carolina Democratic voices were important, they wouldn’t have voted Republican in every election for the last 48 years.
It’s like saying “Hey, there are Republicans in Massachusetts too! Let’s let them pick who the Republican candidate is!”
You want to know what black Democratic voters think about Biden? Ask Chicago, or Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, Oakland.
Nobody gives a shit about South Carolina.
He should really really ask Detroit because he’s positioned to lose huge Michigan voting blocs.
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He didn’t say they shouldn’t get to vote. He said the result is irrelevant because these particular voters don’t matter to who wins the general election. Not all black people are the same. South Carolina’s voters getting to have inordinate influence doesn’t mean we’re selecting the candidate black voters in general want, and since they’re not even close to being competitive the extra focus there is a waste. If we wanted to elevate a diverse state (good idea), either of their neighbors (especially Georgia) would have been a better choice.