# What if John McCain had died yesterday?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-john-mccain-had-died-yesterday/471028
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-john-mccain-had-died-yesterday/471028 "2008-11-04T10:58:37Z")
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### Author: ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-john-mccain-had-died-yesterday/471028/1 "2008-11-04T10:58:37Z")

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Or Barack Obama, for that matter. What’s the protocol when a major-party nominee dies or becomes incapacitated before the election? Does the Veep step in, does the party reconvene to pick a new nominee, or what?

Also, how about if the president-elect dies after the election but before the inauguration?

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### Author: ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-john-mccain-had-died-yesterday/471028/2 "2008-11-04T13:18:36Z")

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Look at [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=490976) current thread.

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### Author: ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-john-mccain-had-died-yesterday/471028/3 "2008-11-04T15:12:38Z")

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Since there already is a thread on this subject, I am closing this one.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator