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Did they change the vote totals?:
Yes. Every running candidate next to Bernie pulled out, dedicating their votes to Clinton instead. It was blatant and out in the open. Hell, Bloomberg even "entered" the race late in caucusing and pulled out shortly after an insane ad spend dedicating his votes to Clinton as well. That's "putting their ๐ on the scale".
So do you consider what the French left change did 'changing vote totals' when they dropped out of races where they were splitting the vote and allowing far right candidates to win?
Biden offering people he was running against influence and positions in his government if they drop out and endorse him isn't cheating, it's basic politics and if Bernie had half a brain he'd have done the same thing to keep those people in the race.
Yes.
Also, anything that isn't ranked choice voting that allows people to specify an order of preference at time of vote is not good politics and is not going to, and shouldn't, sit well with progressives. Tit-for-tat is additionally an issue that many voters and progressives consider objectionable (source: exit polls). You can call it basic politics if you want, but if you're progressive you'll need to accept that it's going to continuously cause us to lose elections and bleed voter support. People are clearly tired of establishment politics. Trump has proven that twice. Running as an anti-establishment candidate both times and winning, both times.