Democratic Primaries

emmaverybo

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Reply to Codeine (Reply #42)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:12 PM

Feb 2020

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

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If we get to the convention without a nominee with the required delegates [View all] still_one Feb 2020 OP

What about Bernie? n/t zackymilly Feb 2020 #1

just edited it, thanks still_one Feb 2020 #28

Everyone will get behind the candidate with the most delegates going in. bluewater Feb 2020 #2

Sorry, that isn't how it works after the first ballot. still_one Feb 2020 #3

It is how it will work. bluewater Feb 2020 #8

If no one has the required delegates it will be an open convention, you can count on it still_one Feb 2020 #9

Not likely. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #16

If one candidate with the most delegates gets 30%, and the divided 70% want someone else, we'll still_one Feb 2020 #20

It is increasingly likley that this contest will be wrapped up by Super Tuesday. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #33

I hope you are right still_one Feb 2020 #34

Let me stress my point to make it as clear as possible... bluewater Feb 2020 #18

That really depends Zolorp Feb 2020 #37

It would not matter if it were a single delegate. bluewater Feb 2020 #43

Then so be it. Zolorp Feb 2020 #45

I honestly hope that's true. bluewater Feb 2020 #46

I think that loyalty to the party will be a factor if the delegate counts are roughly equal. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #50

I am very concerned this will not happen if Sanders get's the most. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #4

Candidates and the Super delegates will make sure common sense prevails bluewater Feb 2020 #10

I thought Instant Run Off voting was something progressives valued? MH1 Feb 2020 #15

I think we're potentially doomed if we do that. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #21

Hopefully that will be the case, that is, we will have a clear front runner still_one Feb 2020 #27

If a candidate gets a substantial number of delegates it won't happen, however, hypothetically if still_one Feb 2020 #25

Even if it's by a single delegate, the leader in delegates coming in will be the nominee bluewater Feb 2020 #32

not really if the one with the most only has 30% and 70% want someone else nt msongs Feb 2020 #5

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 2020 #7

That is exactly the scenario I was thinking of. Thank-you still_one Feb 2020 #14

Then we'll get crushed in the fall. Ace Rothstein Feb 2020 #22

exactly. It would be political suicide. bluewater Feb 2020 #24

There will be one apparent candidate before the convention. democratisphere Feb 2020 #6

I don't think so. and it will be a problem still_one Feb 2020 #11

BIG problem. democratisphere Feb 2020 #17

Seems so, from reading the posts in this thread. bluewater Feb 2020 #19

The getting behind would happen before the convention. judeling Feb 2020 #12

I hope so still_one Feb 2020 #29

Making "deals" before the convention would destroy the party. bluewater Feb 2020 #35

No the Deals if any will be made while the campaign is running. judeling Feb 2020 #38

That's exactly the situation I just described. bluewater Feb 2020 #40

No it will be allowing judeling Feb 2020 #51

Biden, since his 30% was the highest delegate total of any candidate. bluewater Feb 2020 #55

That is what the 'superdelegates' are for The Mouth Feb 2020 #13

It's looking like Bernie will have the most LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #23

I can see it happening either way whether Bernie has the most delegates or not still_one Feb 2020 #30

We will know after Super Tuesday who has the most delegates, but regardless who has the most still_one Feb 2020 #36

They'll behave that way regardless Codeine Feb 2020 #42

+1 emmaverybo Feb 2020 #49

Yes, probably, but unofficially. MineralMan Feb 2020 #26

I sometimes wonder if this is EWs long game. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #31

The last time there was a brokered convention, there were actually two. Zolorp Feb 2020 #39

I hope you are right still_one Feb 2020 #41

If the Dems don't nominate the candidate with the plurality of voter earned delegates... Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #44

Sure seems that way to me. bluewater Feb 2020 #47

You would think so still_one Feb 2020 #48

Could Bloomberg "buy" delegates? MichMan Feb 2020 #52

It wouldn't matter, because we'd lose. brooklynite Feb 2020 #53

I would not be that pessimistic. bluewater Feb 2020 #56

The odds of the convention happening without a nominee PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #54