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Democratic Primaries

LiberalFighter

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3. Drafting someone is not likely to happen.

Reply to McCamy Taylor (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 07:55 PM

Feb 2020

There have been only two contests so far. And a lot can still happen.

It is not going to be decided based on the majority vote of the contests. It is not going to be decided based on the plurality of the delegates. The nominee is the person with the majority of the delegates. Whether it is on the first ballot or after.

Hillary had the majority vote of all contests in 2016 but that didn't give her the nomination. She had the majority of elected delegates but that didn't give her the nomination. It wasn't until the automatic delegates were included that got it.

It may be necessary for delegates to consider how they will vote after the 1st ballot based on who will also be the VP.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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The Virtue of a Brokered Convention [View all] McCamy Taylor Feb 2020 OP

We have enough of a domestic cf to overcome before the Russian intference card is played. CentralMass Feb 2020 #1

or it could make democrats look unstable in their conviction to defeat trump. Kurt V. Feb 2020 #2

Drafting someone is not likely to happen. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #3