Letting Bernie "influence the party platform" would be a bogus consolation prize, as platforms mean next to nothing:http://inthesetimes.com/article/19071/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-new-york-primary …
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@yeselson Maybe in a parliamentary system it "means" more. Labour requires a fee to join. Not really analogous to our federalized system. -
@mtracey Right it does--but they reduced it to a few bucks and that's why Corbyn won. Not much different than US at that point.
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@mtracey But it does in most other advanced nations. You have to join the party. Again, it's flawed process in NY, but why shouldn't -
@mtracey the nominees of a party actually be chosen by voters who are members of that party? You and I shouldn't choose the GOP nominee. - 11 more replies
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