How does the delegate voting go? Majority needed? Super majority? Plurality (yuck)? Papal-style multiple rounds until somebody gets the minimum required votes?
Simple majority, I believe.
That said, the last time any of the two parties made it as far as their convention without having a candidate who had already sewn up a majority of delegates was 1976, when Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan were vying for the GOP nomination, and neither of the two of them went into the convention with a majority.
There are others I would prefer in an open primary.
This isn’t an open primary. It wouldn’t make sense for it to be anyone but Harris.
Manchin will get 300 signatures and then he’ll take a closer look and they’ll all be signed “Deez Nuts”.
Some NYT reporting on how the delegates will decide. Happening quickly and pretty strongly in favor of Harris:
I just spoke with one of California’s 496 Democratic delegates, who said that representatives from the state party had been contacting delegates all day to gauge support for Harris. The delegate, who is in multiple group chats with other delegates, said that not everyone saw Harris as their first choice, but in the absence of another contender, they will throw their support behind her. More than anything, the person said, today’s news has energized the delegation, emphasizing the goal of beating Trump.
Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey will lead a call tomorrow of the state’s delegation to try to coalesce the party around Harris ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, according to a person briefed on the matter.
I’m told that the Louisiana delegation just held a voice vote to unanimously commit to supporting Harris for president.
North Carolina’s delegation, which unanimously voted to endorsed Harris for president on Sunday night, also notably voted “to strongly support a ticket that includes Gov. Roy Cooper as the vice presidential nominee,” according to Drew Kromer, the chair of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party. “This November it’ll be a prosecutor going up against a felon,” he said. “It will be experience going up against extremism.”
Trump suddenly doesn’t want to debate anymore. Brian Tyler Cohen
He would still need to get 300 delegates (max 50 any single state) to sign his petition (and only his).
Bet he doesn’t get there.
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Explanation of where Harris stands in the polls right now (slightly better than Biden):
Why is this shitting on her colleagues? She is unhappy with the outcome.
Here Crockett is on MSNBC talking to Joy. Seems pretty reasonable to me.
Meanwhile, Lorne Michael has been desperately trying to contact Maya Rudolph all day and the SNL writers are cursing the fact that the show doesn’t film in the summer.
The Hill has a running tally of delegates endorsing Harris. Right now she’s at 531 out of 3,934, with 1,968 needed for nomination.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4785260-vice-president-harris-delegates/
Texas Democrats are going to vote tomorrow whether to endorse Harris en bloc for the nomination. Texas has the third largest block of delegates to the convention (after CA and NY) so it would be pretty big get for Harris if it happens.
I’m willing to consider readmitting him to the Democratic Party provided that he submits the proper paperwork. The required forms are stored in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying “Beward of the Leopard”…
I’ve got COVID and have been in a brain fog for a couple of days, but this can’t be right. What happens when no one has a nomination sewn up until the convention? I would assume the Democratic Party (and the GOP and the Green Party, etc.) gets enough signatures/pays enough in fees to qualify the party to place a person on the ballot. There may be deadlines for naming a candidate (so ballots can be printed), but I’ll bet those are all reasonably after the conventions (both parties) are normally held (Ohio being the one exception - maybe).
From this article:
In every state, both major parties are qualified for what is known as “automatic” presidential ballot access. In other words, their nominees do not need to gather petition signatures or clear any other hurdles to secure a spot on the general election ballot. Instead, the qualified political parties simply tell the state’s election authorities (in most states, the secretary of state) who its candidates are. This process is never completed prior to the formal nomination by the party’s national convention.
Thanks, @Marvin_the_Martian! That matches with how I would expect things to work since it’s the two major parties that set the rules.