Democratic Primaries

TexasTowelie

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

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:17 PM

Feb 2020

There will also be questions about whether one of the candidates was stronger at the end than at the beginning. If voters begin to coalesce around one candidate after the field narrows then it would offset any candidate that came in with an early lead because the votes were divided between multiple candidates with similar policy positions.

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