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In some cases, delegates change their vote during the balloting roll call, resulting in a brokered convention where only one ballot is taken. Brokered conventions have become rare following the decline of political machines and party bosses, and the advent of national primary campaigns and mass media. The term "contested" is a more modern term ...
If there is no single candidate receiving a majority of delegates at the end of the primary season, a scenario called a brokered convention would result, where a candidate would be selected either at or near the convention, through political horse-trading and lesser candidates compelling their delegates to vote for one of the front runners.
The two right-hand columns show nominations by notable conventions not shown elsewhere. Some of the nominees (e.g. the Whigs before 1860 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1912) received very large votes, while others who received less than 1% of the total national popular vote are listed to show historical continuity or transition.
Around this time in 2016, I wrote a piece arguing that, while some pundits were speculating about a contested GOP convention, in fact then-candidate Donald Trump was on the brink of a historically ...
The convention was attended by 168 delegates from eighteen states although one-fourth of the delegates were late due to winter weather. [7] On the convention's fourth day, the roll call ballot for president took place. The chairman of the convention called the name of each delegate, who gave his vote orally.
Thus, the vote tallied on the convention floor is unanimous or nearly so. For example, during the 2008 Democratic National Convention , Hillary Clinton (who only captured about 22% of delegates compared to Barack Obama 's approximate 72%) [ 27 ] moved to nominate Obama by acclamation, making it a unanimous vote.
The Introduction contrasts voting and markets with dictatorship and social convention (such as those in a religious code). Both exemplify social decisions. Voting and markets facilitate social choice in a sense, whereas dictatorship and convention limit it. The former amalgamate possibly differing tastes to make a social choice.
Prior to the ratification of the 12th Amendment in 1804, electors cast two votes for president rather than one vote for president and one vote for vice president. Under the pre-12th Amendment Constitution, the candidate with the most votes became president and the candidate with the second most votes became vice president; hence, all candidates ...