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I'm posting this here, rather than on the political forum, because I'm only looking for information and not wishing to start a debate.

It's probably a dumb question but I have little knowledge of how politics works in the U.S.

Both of your parties have selected someone to be their nominee. But neither candidate has officially been nominated yet. Can a Party decide that the person really isn't the ideal candidate? Can they, this late in the process, decide to, at the convention, nominate someone else instead?

Theoretically, yes they could, because it's regulated by the party's rules.

Has it ever happened? I seem to recall something about Hubert Humphrey in 68.

Howard Jones wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:29 pm

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/wh ... or-office/

Interesting. But that goes more to the issue of what happens if the candidate dies or becomes incapacitated.

What I was wondering is, if the party establishment decides, this guy is going to be a real problem as a candidate. Could they draft someone else at the convention?

Not outside of those guidelines, it is extraordinarily rare.

So if someone like Bernie had been successful instead of Joe, the party insiders wouldn't say he's too extreme we can't win with him.

All of that wrangling happened in the 2016 primary and this year, but it was done through media manipulation during several state elections.

Turkeytop wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:25 pm

So if someone like Bernie had been successful instead of Joe, the party insiders wouldn't say he's too extreme we can't win with him.

You may find this enlightening when it comes to a "contested convention."

https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/19 ... convention

I wish we would have a national run off, top three precede to final election.

audiophile wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:26 am

I wish we would have a national run off, top three precede to final election.

I wish we had a parliamentary system where 5 people ran and we had a run off.

audiophile wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:26 am

I wish we would have a national run off, top three precede to final election.

I like audio’s idea.