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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 4388633" data-attributes="member: 44954"><a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/bernie-sanders-says-he-will-drop-out-if-joe-biden-has-more-delegates-by-the-convention" target="_blank">Bernie Sanders says he will drop out if Joe Biden has more delegates by the convention — even if he doesn&#039;t have the majority</a>&quot;I think it would be a real, real disaster for the Democratic Party,&quot; Sanders said of a contested convention. &quot;People would say &#039;the person who won the most votes didn&#039;t get selected.&#039; Not a good idea.&quot;On one hand, you could view this as Sanders sticking to his dislike of superdelegates and his loyalty to the will of the people. More likely, however, Sanders is probably just trying to set a standard for the convention that he hopes Biden will follow if Sanders enters the convention with a plurality.The truth is, if Biden enters the convention with a plurality and Sanders pushes it to the second ballot, Biden would likely win most of the superdelegates and get the nomination anyway because he&#039;s the establishment candidate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 4388633, member: 44954"] [URL='https://www.theblaze.com/news/bernie-sanders-says-he-will-drop-out-if-joe-biden-has-more-delegates-by-the-convention']Bernie Sanders says he will drop out if Joe Biden has more delegates by the convention — even if he doesn't have the majority[/URL] "I think it would be a real, real disaster for the Democratic Party," Sanders said of a contested convention. "People would say 'the person who won the most votes didn't get selected.' Not a good idea." On one hand, you could view this as Sanders sticking to his dislike of superdelegates and his loyalty to the will of the people. More likely, however, Sanders is probably just trying to set a standard for the convention that he hopes Biden will follow if Sanders enters the convention with a plurality. The truth is, if Biden enters the convention with a plurality and Sanders pushes it to the second ballot, Biden would likely win most of the superdelegates and get the nomination anyway because he's the establishment candidate. [/QUOTE]

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