Democratic Convention Rules

[uawchild]

13. That's an interesting take

So, the candidate with just a plurality of delegates going into the convention would win because the second place finisher would not want to win on a second ballot, they would drop out?

Huh.

I never considered that as a possibility.

Honestly, it's the Presidency, that's an awfully tempting job, I am not convinced that the second place finisher would drop out, especially if the third place finisher and they shared similar positions.

Huh.

I suppose it all depends on how close the top two candidates are in delegates. Good point.

Tied, essentially tied, neck and neck, close, trailing... seems like it would be a hard call judging that on a sliding scale. I can see if the first place candidate's plurality was significantly (there's a weasel word again) higher then second place total that the latter would concede.

Thanks for that viewpoint. Good food for thought.