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<blockquote data-quote="Richard T" data-source="post: 74727968" data-attributes="member: 408298"><p>Since the rules change for each nomination, here is what I found at <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Convention,_2020" target="_blank">Democratic National Convention, 2020 - Ballotpedia</a></p><p>"In 2020, there will be <strong>4,750 delegates</strong>: <strong>3,979 pledged delegates</strong> and <strong>771 automatic delegates</strong>—more commonly known as <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Superdelegates_and_the_2016_Democratic_National_Convention" target="_blank">superdelegates</a>.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Convention,_2020#cite_note-GP-3" target="_blank">[3]</a></p><p></p><p>To win the Democratic nomination, a presidential candidate must receive support from a majority of the pledged delegates on the first ballot: <strong>1,991 pledged delegates</strong>.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Convention,_2020#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Convention,_2020#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> If the convention is <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brokered_conventions" target="_blank">contested</a> and goes to a second ballot or more, automatic delegates will be able to vote and a candidate must receive majority support from all delegates: more than 2,375 votes." </p><p></p><p>Thus, if Bernie has 45% in the first round of balloting, then he would need a larger majority of the Superdelegates to win on a successive ballot. I would expect somewhere down the line that a compromise would be reached and most likely it will not include Bernie since most of these Superdelegates are going to be more mainstream democrats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard T, post: 74727968, member: 408298"] Since the rules change for each nomination, here is what I found at [URL="https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Convention,_2020"]Democratic National Convention, 2020 - Ballotpedia[/URL] "In 2020, there will be [B]4,750 delegates[/B]: [B]3,979 pledged delegates[/B] and [B]771 automatic delegates[/B]—more commonly known as [URL='https://ballotpedia.org/Superdelegates_and_the_2016_Democratic_National_Convention']superdelegates[/URL].[URL='https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Convention,_2020#cite_note-GP-3'][3][/URL] To win the Democratic nomination, a presidential candidate must receive support from a majority of the pledged delegates on the first ballot: [B]1,991 pledged delegates[/B].[URL='https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Convention,_2020#cite_note-4'][4][/URL][URL='https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Convention,_2020#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] If the convention is [URL='https://ballotpedia.org/Brokered_conventions']contested[/URL] and goes to a second ballot or more, automatic delegates will be able to vote and a candidate must receive majority support from all delegates: more than 2,375 votes." Thus, if Bernie has 45% in the first round of balloting, then he would need a larger majority of the Superdelegates to win on a successive ballot. I would expect somewhere down the line that a compromise would be reached and most likely it will not include Bernie since most of these Superdelegates are going to be more mainstream democrats. [/QUOTE]
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