For those who have written of the “anti-democratic Democratic Party” because of President Biden’s replacement as the presumptive nominee, please read the procedures established by the party for the selection of candidates. Each party establishes its own process, and the details differ by party. Primaries and caucuses are part of the process, but the candidate decision is only finalized officially when delegates vote at the convention.
Older readers will remember past conventions (before primaries were as important in the delegate selection process) when numerous votes were taken, finally coalescing on one candidate. Even today, “committed” delegates are required to vote for their candidate only on the first vote, and whether delegates are “committed” depends on state party rules.
This time, other candidates were free to run if they received a certain number of signatures from the delegate pool. They decided not to do so, but to unify behind Vice-President Harris.
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The Republican Party has a similar process.
Barbara Hall
Midtown
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