Posted on 02/13/2024 10:17:54 AM PST by packagingguy
If the leading candidate was to drop out of the campaign after most primaries or even during the convention, individual delegates would likely decide the party’s nominee on the convention floor.
That would shine a spotlight on the normally niche question of who those actual delegates are.
There would be a messy political battle in every state over who would get to be a delegate (if the vacancy happened before many of those people were chosen) and then who they would ultimately support. Even people who did not run primary campaigns could ultimately be considered.
You can assume, for instance, that Vice President Kamala Harris would be a top contender to be on the ballot if, for some reason, Biden left the race. At the same time, given Haley’s weakness in primaries, it seems unlikely that Republicans would coalesce around her if Trump was unable to run.
On the Democratic side, there would also be another group to consider: the “superdelegates,” a group of about 700 senior party leaders and elected officials who are automatically delegates to the convention based on their position. Under normal party rules, they can’t vote on the first ballot if they could swing the nomination, but they’re free to vote on subsequent ballots.
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Convention, I hate auto correct.
They has a funeral. (duh!)
Or on October 31, they suddenly announce that Trump did win in 2020 after all so his name must be removed from the 2024 ballots. He will be President until Jan. 20, 2025, but won’t be allowed actually to live in the White House—it wouldn’t be nice to inconvenience the Bidens.
***IT***is one Michael Robinson
Looks like it.
The left always shows their hand.
It’s just a matter of learning how to recognize it when it happens.
They never speculate or m hypothesize. It’s always what they are planning.
Not that they care much what the rank and file has to say anyways.
Don't forget, the democrats don't need anyone's votes, as per biden himself.
Like I told the other guy ... that is very disturbing. I seriously can’t tell whether the critter on the right is XX or XY. Either way, it’s UG-lee. With a capital UG.
What happens when Biden is proven mentally and cognitively incompetent. He was 4 years ago.
Brandon meets the constitutional requirements. He could be brain dead and still run for president (he’s almost at that point).
Jill will call all the shots.
“ Delegates to the Republican convention are actually bound, not just pledged, to their candidate on the first ballot.”
Bound by what? Is the RNC bound to have a convention at all?
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