Apr. 1, Interview - As elected officials and Democratic party leaders debate Michigan and Florida's
delegates, the people living in those states might be shifting their opinions
of the Democratic party. Election Unspun Producer Karen Miller spoke with
Matt Grossman Political Science Professor at Michigan
State University about next steps and how public opinion has been altered.
What will happen with those Florida and Michigan delegates? According to
Matt Grossman, Political Science Professor from Michigan State University.
"Scenario one, is that one of the candidate drops out of the race and the
other candidate would make a quick agreement to seat the delegates, scenario
two would be that candidates in the national party together would reach some
kind of compromise based in part by the results of the primary and or the
national primary results. Third scenario is that this gets fought out by
the credentials committee but the credentials committee coming up with an
independent formula seems unlikely."
Have voters had it up to here?
"There are lots of people who have started to notice how crazy the nomination
process is for the presidential candidates."
Is there anything good coming out of all this?
"A lot of Americans have had a big opportunity to participate in the process
in many states."
That was Matt Grossman Political Science Professor at Michigan State University.
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