Talk:Democratic National Convention

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Contents 1 Nomination process 2 No original research 3 1872 convention 4 Delegation Size 5 Electing the nominee

[edit] Nomination process

Hi, I've been trying to learn more about the exact nominating process of the prominent parties in the U.S., and was wondering if someone might help add to the article more detail (perhaps in another page?) about the "series of individual state caucuses and primary elections" that elects the party's nominee... Actually, I think it'd be nice if set up a list linking to pages describing the nominating processes of various parties. Thanks, Brettz9 19:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

See United States presidential primary for the overall description. I'll add a link to the main page.Simon12 01:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but what I am asking is this:

* How exactly does Joe candidate at the state level end up getting himself on the state primary ballot?

* If there are differences between the parties in this regard, what are they?

And beyond this, I think some explanation of who can become a delegate or superdelegate would be instructive.

-Brettz9 05:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No original research

I removed text and a link from this article and the 2008 convention article that constituted original research as to why, as of this writing, this particular party has not yet chosen its national convention. Settler 23:01, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1872 convention

The 1872 Convention was in Cincinnati, Ohio, not in Baltimore.Superslum (talk) 00:40, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Do you have a source for that? I have two sources [1] [2]stating it was in Baltimore. Simon12 (talk) 02:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

The 1872 group that met in Cincinnati were called the Liberal Republican Party. Horace Greeley was nominated by them in Cincinnati after he broke away from the Democrats. New International Encyclopedia describes that party thusly:

Liberal republican party. In American history, the name given to a short-lived political party which participated in the presidential campaign of 1872, composed largely of "bolters" from the regular Republican organization. The party first appeared as a prominent political factor in Missouri in 1870, under the leadership of Carl Schurz and B. Gratz Brown, the latter of whom, by a fusion of Liberal Republicans with a large element of the Democratic Party, was elected Governor.

(continued) In answer to a call issued by the triumphant fusionists on Jan. 24, 1872, a National Liberal Republican Convention met at Cincinnati on May 1, and after much discussion Horace Greeley was nominated for President and B. Gratz Brown for Vice President.

Afterwards, Horace Greeley was nominated by the Democrats in 1872. The Democratic candidate in 1872 received 2,834,079 popular votes, against 3,597,070 for General Grant. He had abandoned the Democratic Party and joined the Liberal Republican Party. In 1861, Horace Greeley had been a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator, but was defeated by Ira Harris.

The political party that met in Cincinnati were not Democrats, however, they first nominated Horace Greeley, whom the Democrats nominated later on, apparently at the convention held in Baltimore.Superslum (talk) 10:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Delegation Size

How do the Democrats determine how many delegates each state has? The Republican National Convention has a very nice description. I was surprised not to see a formula here. Schoop (talk) 17:42, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Electing the nominee

I cannot find--anywhere--the actual rules for electing the nominee. If, as another Wikipedia entry states, a majority of delegates will elect the candidate, why would a convention ever be "brokered"? You just simply take the total number of delegates and divide by two.

What are the precise rules for electing the Democratic candidate? Does anyone know? (So far Google and Wikipedia have failed me.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manumoka (talk • contribs) 01:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

There would be a brokered convention if no one can pass the 50% threshold on the first go-round. A hypothetical example would be if Barack Obama had 49% of the delegates, Hillary Clinton with 49% of the delegates, and John Edwards with 2%. Probably needs to be explained a bit in this article. Settler (talk) 03:10, 8 March 2008 (UTC)