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Democratic Primaries

Moderateguy

(945 posts)

6. That could be problematic

Reply to totodeinhere (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 02:30 PM

Feb 2020

Delegates are only pledged to their initial candidate. In your scenario, there would be no compulsion for Warren or Pete's delegates to vote for Sanders. The nominee needs 1990 delegates on the first ballot. So there would have to be accounting for a percentage of delegates not switching over to their initial candidate's preferred choice. That is why it is a brokered convention if no one wins on the first round of balloting.