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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: *"3/4of Bernie Sanders's 2016 voters wouldn't vote for him again if the election were held today"* [View all]Gothmog
(145,754 posts)12. My dream is that sanders does not get 300 delegates
I was a delegate to the Philadelphia convention and saw how the process works. One key item is that under the rules, a candidate cannot be put into nomination without 300 delegates. https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2020-Call-for-Convention-WITH-Attachments-2.26.19.pdf
Nomination of the Democratic Candidate for President: The Permanent Chair shall receive nominations from the floor for the Democratic candidate for the Office of President of the United
States in the following manner:
a. Requests to nominate a presidential candidate shall be in writing and shall have affixed thereto the written approval of the proposed nominee and the name of the individuals who shall be recognized to make the nominating and seconding speeches on behalf of a presidential candidate and shall be delivered to the Convention Secretary at a location as specified by the Secretary no later than 6:00 p.m. of the day preceding the day designated for the commencement of presidential nominations.
b. Each such request must be accompanied by a petition indicating support for the proposed nominee signed by delegates representing not less than 300 or more than 600 delegate votes, not more than 50 of which may come from one (1) delegation. A delegate may not sign more than one (1) nominating petition for president and for vice president. Pledged and automatic delegates may sign the petition.
States in the following manner:
a. Requests to nominate a presidential candidate shall be in writing and shall have affixed thereto the written approval of the proposed nominee and the name of the individuals who shall be recognized to make the nominating and seconding speeches on behalf of a presidential candidate and shall be delivered to the Convention Secretary at a location as specified by the Secretary no later than 6:00 p.m. of the day preceding the day designated for the commencement of presidential nominations.
b. Each such request must be accompanied by a petition indicating support for the proposed nominee signed by delegates representing not less than 300 or more than 600 delegate votes, not more than 50 of which may come from one (1) delegation. A delegate may not sign more than one (1) nominating petition for president and for vice president. Pledged and automatic delegates may sign the petition.
I signed the petition for Clinton in 2016 to put her into nomination but we have over 170 Clinton supporters in the Texas delegation.
If sanders is frozen out of enough states due to the 15% rule and remaining non-Biden delegates are split among several candidates, there is a chance that sanders may not reach 300 threshold
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*"3/4of Bernie Sanders's 2016 voters wouldn't vote for him again if the election were held today"* [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2019
OP
I have been saying this since before VP Biden got into the race... that Sen Warren
Peacetrain
Jul 2019
#1
i would be fine with Warren who is a BONAFIDE Dem. Not fine with Sanders, who claims he isn't.
onetexan
Jul 2019
#14
All the data shows is that a number of BS primary voters chose Trump in the general.
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#31
re: "Who they would have voted for if BS had made it to the general is sheer speculation. "
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#32
Right. If he were currently running 1-on-1 against Hillary, prob near 100% would...
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#25
I hope so too. David Sirota et al have been making noise about the convention
KitSileya
Jul 2019
#23
The figures in post #5 indicate that it is likely Sanders would have won.
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#28