Abagqatswa abathathu beDemokhrasi kumongameli. (Ifoto: UAndrew Burton weMifanekiso kaGetty) Njengokuba iiNkomfa zeSizwe zeDemokhrasi kunye neRiphabhlikhi zisondela kwihlobo elizayo, kwaye imilo engathandekiyo yokuqala isezela okanye iqala ukuphelisa, ingxoxo iya kujikela kubathunywa nakwabo babizwa ngokuba ngabaphetheyo. Ngobani? Benze ntoni?
Ngelixa kuxhomekeke kubavoti ukumisela abagqatswa abonyula amaqela amabini aphambili, abathunywa babo abafake iivoti, kwindibano yeqela ngalinye ukukhetha abo batyunjiweyo-kwaye ayingabo bonke ababophelelekileyo ngeevoti ezenziwa kumakhaya abo zaseprayimari. Okwangoku, kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje, iindibano bezingumcimbi wepromma, abagqatswa befika njengamaqhawe awoyisayo kunye nabathunywa beza kunye ukuzokutyumba umntu ophumelele iivoti ezingaphezulu kwaye athi bazenze abaphathi bemigangatho yamaqela abo.
Abathunywa abangama-2,382 bayadingeka ukukhusela ukutyunjwa kweDemokhrasi kuma-4,763 ewonke. Kwicala le-GOP, i-1,237 ye-2,475 iyacelwa ukuba ibe ngumtyunjwa.
Amanye amazwe aseRiphabhlikhi aphumelele-konke. Abanye, njengeNew York, bavuza abathunywa ngokufanelekileyo. Bonke abathunywa badweliswe ngokulinganayo kwicala leDemokhrasi.
Bangama-291 abathunywa beDemokhrasi abasuka eNew York bebonke, kunye nabanye abangama-21, ngokuka-Basil Smikle, umlawuli olawulayo weNew York State Democratic Party.
Ezingama-247 kwezi kufuneka zibhambathiswe kubaviwa. Ngomhla weprayimari, aba bathunywa bathembisileyo babaleka kwizithili zabo zekongress. Ipesenti ethile yabo bathunyiweyo banikwa abagqatswa ngokusekwe kwiziphumo zesithili. Kukho abathunywa abali-163 abakhuphisana kwinqanaba lesithili kunye nabathunywa abangama-84 bebonke abakroliweyo ngokulinganayo. (Nokuba umgqatswa ongacwangciswanga kakuhle eNew York, njengoSen. Bernie Sanders waseVermont, akaphumeleli ukubeka abathunywa ukuba baqhube, iphulo lakhe linokukhetha abathunywa emva koko abaza kuba nelungelo phantsi kwemigaqo yeqela.)
Bonke abanye abalawulwa yiDemocrat eNew York ngabathunywa abakhulu, ekubhekiswa kubo njengabathunywa abangathenjiswanga yiKomiti yeSizwe yeDemokhrasi, izixhobo zombutho wesizwe. Amagosa aphezulu abalulekile kuba anakho ukuxhasa nawuphi na umgqatswa abamfunayo, ngaphandle kokuthatha isigqibo sabavoti. Ke ukuba uMnu.Sanders, umceli mngeni ophambili kuNks.Clinton, bebezokuphikisana nobunzima kwaye benze umonakalo kuNks uClinton eNew York, abaphathi abaphezulu banokuphazamisa impumelelo yakhe. (Ngokutsho kwesithethi sekomiti yelizwe laseRiphabhlikhi, amaRiphabhlikhi awasebenzisi abagqatswa abangaphezulu.)
Kungenxa yokuba uninzi lwabathunywa abaphezulu baseNew York bonke ngamagosa anyuliweyo okanye ngaphakathi kwiqela elixhasa uNks uClinton. Abaphathi abaphezulu babandakanya owayesakuba nguMongameli uBill Clinton, u-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, omabini amaSeneta ase-US, onke amalungu e-Democrat eNdlu evela eNew York, kunye namalungu e-DNC, kubandakanya abaxhasi bakaClinton abanjengoJennifer Cunningham, Jay Jacobs noMaria Cuomo Cole.
Njengeendaba eziNxulumene noko ixelwe ebutsheni balo nyaka, uNkosazana Clinton ubambe indawo ekhokelayo ngaphezulu kuka Mnu. Sanders kugqatso lokufumana inkxaso kubaphathi abaphezulu beDemokhrasi kwilizwe liphela. Ukusukela ngo-Novemba, i-359 i-superdelegates yathi ixhasa u-Ms Clinton, ngelixa i-8 isemva kuka Mnu Sanders kwaye i-2 ixhasa owayesakuba liGosa laseMaryland uMartin O'Malley. (Umnumzana Sanders ubhengeze namhlanje ukuba umntu ophetheyo kunye nelungu le-DNC elivela eNevada, u-Erin Bilbray, uyamxhasa.)
Emva kokuba u-Barack Obama emoyisile ngonyaka ka-2008, uNkosazana Clinton wenze iinzame ezimanyeneyo zokuvalela izincomo zangaphakathi kumaqela adlala indima enkulu ekumiseleni umtyunjwa we-Democratic.
Abavoti baseRiphabhlikhi nabaseDemokhrasi baseNew York bazakuya kuvoto ngo-Epreli 19. Ngelixa uNks uClinton wayenokuba nomrhwaphilizo ekutyunjweni ngelo xesha, intsimi yesiphithiphithi yaseRiphabhlikhi inokwenza i-Empire State ifaneleke okokuqala ngqa kumashumi eminyaka.
Bangama-95 abathunywa beRiphabhlikhi eNew York: abangama-81 baya kukhethwa kwinqanaba lesithili (isi-3 kwisithili ngasinye kwizithili ezingama-27 zizonke) ngokusekwe ngokulinganayo, ngokukaJessica Proud, isithethi seGOP kaRhulumente. Abathunywa abali-11 abaseleyo baya kuvotelwa emva kokuba abo bayi-81 bekhethwe yintlanganiso yeKomiti kaRhulumente iphela.
Ngokungafaniyo neeDemokhrasi, abangaphakathi kwiqela leRiphabhlikhi eNew York abaziwa ngokuthanda kakhulu nawuphi na umgqatswa. Abaphikisi abalinganiselayo okanye abasebenzayo ngokwembali benza kakuhle kwi-State State, nto leyo enokuthetha ukuba ngu-Sen. Marco Rubio waseFlorida, owayesakuba ngu-Gov. Jeb Bush wase-Florida, e-Ohio Gov. John Kasich okanye e-New Jersey Gov. uChris Christie Abavoti kunye nabaphathi abangaphezulu. AmaRiphabhlikhi amabini okugqibela ukuphumelela iNew York kumabanga aphambili, uMitt Romney noJohn McCain, babezizintandokazi ezazisoloko zidibanise inkxaso yazo ngexesha lokuba kufike ithuba lokuvota eNew York.
IKomiti yeSizwe yeRiphabhlikhi ibikhe yalungiselela i ukubakho kwendibano ebrokileyo , Oko kuthetha ukuba umonyulwa akazokwaziwa xa iqela langaphakathi lisiya eCleveland ngoJulayi. Akuzange kubekho mfazwe phantsi ukusukela ngo-1976, xa uRonald Reagan engaphumelelanga umngeni kuMongameli uGerald Ford wokutyunjwa.
UFord waphulukana nonyulo jikelele kwiDemokhrasi uJimmy Carter kunye noReagan baya kunyulwa njengo-Mongameli ngo-1980.
Ukuhlaziywa ukubonisa i-RNC ayinazikhundla zingaphezulu.
