Pool? When will the word "rigged" first be used

[MineralMan]

by a candidate to describe this summer's Democratic Nominating Convention?

I say March 4, 2020.

[redstatebluegirl]

1. I have already heard some of my friends say they expect it to be rigged so BS doesn't win.

[MineralMan]

2. The pool is for when a candidate uses that word in public

to refer to the convention. Any candidate.

[patricia92243]

3. Trump

[Turin_C3PO]

4. I predict it will happen

if we end with a candidate with a majority of delegates but not enough to cinch the nomination. Whoever’s on the wrong end of that will scream “rigged!”. I pray it doesn’t come to that.

[MineralMan]

6. If someone has a majority of delegates, that candidate will be the nominee.

I think you might mean "plurality." If nobody has a majority on the first ballot, there will be additional ballots voted on. In the end, the nominee will be the candidate who gets a majority of delegate votes on whichever is the last ballot. No rigging. It's how the system works. Any candidate with less than 15% of delegates will not be on the next ballot. Eventually, a majority will exist.

[Turin_C3PO]

7. I agree it wouldn't actually be rigged.

But I think some would say it anyway.

[MineralMan]

9. There's really no way to "rig" the convention.

The procedures are all laid out in the rules. After the first ballot, the superdelegates will vote, and candidates who are not viable will recommend that their delegates vote for someone else. Most of those delegates will do as the candidate they're pledged to requests, but they're not required to.

If it goes beyond a second ballot, there might well be discussions between the leaders and candidates who have no real chance of winning to try to get endorsements and recommendations. It's possible that some of those discussions might be about cabinet positions or even a VP nomination. But, all that's within the rules and no delegate can be forced to vote for anyone in later ballots.

No rigging. Just a process. Of course, that's based on my understanding of the rules, which are not completely set yet. There will be a vote on adoption of the final rules.

[beastie boy]

5. It would be interesting if Nate Silver begins tracking the odds of this happening,

whether his estimates of the date line up with yours. You may be off by a day or two!

[LanternWaste]

8. My guess is it happens just days before

the first self-fulfilling prophecy regarding its eventual usage.

[MineralMan]

10. That could be the case, too.

In fact, just before the convention, it's almost certain that the word "rigged" will be used by at least one candidate. I'm interested to see if it gets used by a candidate well ahead of the convention.

[jberryhill]

11. You missed it already....

Did you mean to say "by a candidate" or did you mean to say "by a Democratic candidate"?

Because this already happened:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/trump-bernie-sanders-impeachment-biden-primary-rigged.html

Trump Wants to Convince Bernie Voters the Election Was Rigged Again

[MineralMan]

12. Since this is the Democratic Primaries Forum, "candidate"

refers to Democratic candidates.