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BTW, Donna B claims plenary power to replace the candidates. She doesn't have that power. [View all]
The party doesn’t decide, and then it does
First things first: Clinton and Trump would have to personally choose to relinquish the nomination to lose it.
Nobody can force them to do so — only the nominees can make the decision to give up their position as their party’s presidential candidate, according to Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. (Of course, a candidate could also die, forcing the parties onto the same track as if he or she had dropped out.)
https://www.vox.com/2016/9/12/12887632/if-presidential-nominee-drops-out
First things first: Clinton and Trump would have to personally choose to relinquish the nomination to lose it.
Nobody can force them to do so — only the nominees can make the decision to give up their position as their party’s presidential candidate, according to Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. (Of course, a candidate could also die, forcing the parties onto the same track as if he or she had dropped out.)
https://www.vox.com/2016/9/12/12887632/if-presidential-nominee-drops-out
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