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In reply to the discussion: Barron "The Omen" Trump is now fair game [View all]marble falls
(60,162 posts)Personally speaking, I won't apply my own logic to their situation. I will observe and form conclusions based on their actions. I just hear heard that sage advice from a good Democrat.
What I observe is an 18 yr old who's never indicated a stand on anything is going to the convention. His sister is going, too. She's been to some TFG's political events and so much as I know, has never taken any political stand she's made public past supporting her father.
Those two voting for dad in the first ballot (does anyone really think they will make the difference) is purely proforma. Trump has aced his primaries and he'll take the nomination in the first ballot, unless something intervenes first, like a conviction or a stroke.
https://www.usa.gov/national-conventions
National conventions
Political parties hold national conventions to select presidential and vice presidential nominees. Learn how the national conventions work.
What happens at a national political convention?
To become the presidential nominee, a candidate typically has to win a majority of delegates. This usually happens through the party's state primaries and caucuses. Learn more about state presidential primaries and caucuses and how delegates are selected.
State delegates go to the national convention to vote to confirm their choice of candidates. But if no candidate gets the majority of a party's delegates during the primaries and caucuses, convention delegates choose the nominee. This happens through additional rounds of voting.
At the convention, the presidential nominee officially announces who will run with them for vice president.
Personally, I will bet that Mitt Romney and Nikki Haley will end up being the ticket.