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Brokered Convention
A brokered convention refers to a situation in United States politics in which there are not enough delegates obtained during the presidential primary and caucus process for a single candidate to obtain a majority in the first round of voting of the presidential nominating convention. Once the first ballot has been held, and no candidate has a majority of delegate votes, the convention is then considered brokered, and the nomination is decided through political horse-trading and further ballots.[1][2][3][4]
"Look Who's Coming to Dinner: Direct versus Brokered Member Campaign Contributions to the NRCC"
Eric Heberlig, Bruce Larson, Daniel A. Smith, and Kristen Soltis have published this article in American Politics Research...
"We can't let them win more delegates just by not telling us when the convention is!" ? more Texas county convention maneuvering.
My son Christopher Althouse Cohen has been keeping me updated about how things look from the perspective of a county convention delegate in Texas...
Republican Convention: to meet with Kissinger or attend the convention?
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Convention
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The Other Convention
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What I Saw at the Convention
by Jennifer VanascoFirst published in the Chicago Free Press, September 3, 2008 I was there.
I was on the floor of the Democratic National Convention when Barack Obama accepted the nomination in a thundering speech...
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