For decades, both major parties have used a
somewhat convoluted process for picking their nominees, one that involves ordinary
voters in only an indirect way.
As Americans flock this year to outsider
candidates, the kind most hindered by these rules, they are suddenly waking up
to this reality. And their confusion and
anger are adding another volatile element to an election being waged over
questions of fairness and equality.
In Nashville
a week ago, supporters of Donald J. Trump accused
Republican leaders of trying to stack the state’s delegate slate with people
who were anti-Trump. The Trump campaign posted the cellphone number of the
state party chairman on Twitter, leading him to be inundated with calls.
Several dozen people showed up at the meeting at which delegates were being
named, banged on the windows and demanded to be let in.
Backers of Senator Bernie Sanders, bewildered at
why he keeps winning states but cannot seem to cut into Hillary Clinton’s delegate
count because of her overwhelming lead with “superdelegates,” have used Reddit
and Twitter to start an aggressive pressure campaign to flip votes.
To win the nomination, Trump
would have to go on a month-long winning streak, starting in New York on April 19, that would deliver a sizable haul
of delegates — including increased commitments from those who are unbound.
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