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The Democrats won’t have a Brokered Convention in 2020. Or will they?
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Now I hope I’m wrong. I hope that there is a brokered convention just like in that episode of the West Wing. I hope we see a multi-day political spectacle that scorches a place in the history books. A convention full of dramatic twists and turns right up to the last minute with an amazing, unexpected conclusion when after a dozen or more ballots, a candidate finally emerges as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
Not only is Trump almost certain to be the Republican nominee, but there’s not even a viable opponent. It’s quite different for the Democrats, however. Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren all have a serious chance of winning the nomination. Nipping at their heels are Buttigieg, Stanyer, Bloomberg, Yang and Klobuchar. Did I miss anyone?
But there’s not going to be a brokered convention for the Democrats. Probably not, anyway.
What is a brokered convention?
Sometimes called a contested convention, a brokered convention is the perennial hope of all political fanatics, geeks and wonks. And everyone who likes good TV.
A brokered convention happens when no nominee is selected on the first ballot. This would take no single candidate having a majority of the delegates at a convention (even…
