#democratic nomination

[itsmythang]

"It is time that other peoples in America besides white males run for the highest office of this land." This was Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to run for president in 1972.

Shirley Chisholm:

Showed Up!

Stood Up!

Spoke Up!

[originalleftist]

Kamala Harris has officially secured the endorsements of enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination!

This is important because, while Biden endorsed her when he dropped out, he can't actually require the delegates he won in the primary to do likewise- they could choose to vote for someone else.

However, with a majority now pledged to Harris, its pretty much a done deal, aside from the formality of the official nomination vote.

Let's Go Harris!

[alex51324]

Kamala Harris’s path to the Democratic nomination, explained

Does Harris automatically replace Biden now? Your questions about the process, answered.

Here's another good article from Vox, explaining the nomination process and how it goes from here.

The key thing is that the Democrats are, actually, managing to act in a decisive and unified fashion!

The Democratic nominee for President will need the votes of at least 1,986 delegates* to the National Convention. According to this tracker by the Associated Press, as of 10 PM on Monday, 7/22, Kamala Harris has 2,268. There are also 54 delegates who have put their names down for "undecided," and the rest the AP hasn't heard back from yet. In other words, no one has broken ranks by floating another name.

Harris has also been endorsed by the Party chairs of all 50 states, as well as by leaders at the national level, and a substantial chunk of the people who might otherwise have tossed their hats into the ring, if all this had happened in, say, February, instead of 29 days before the Convention.

(*If you need a refresher from Civics class, the delegates are the people that we technically picked in the primary--although we probably didn't pay much attention to anything other than which candidate they had pledged to vote for. Biden dropping out of the race does away with their pledges; now they're on their honor to “in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them.” Their role is usually a formality--although it can be a fairly prestigious one.

Now, the Democratic National Committee is meeting Wednesday to decide on the specifics of the process--and, to be clear, they get to do that.

The nomination of the Democratic Party's candidate for President is, strictly speaking, an internal Party matter. No matter how desperately Donald Trump would like to make it somehow his business, he does not get a say in how the Democrats nominate his opponent.)

[scribe-of-planes]

Bernie: Medicare for all would help stop the corona virus.

Biden: Medicare for all doesn't work.

Biden: no one should pay for corona test kits

Bernie:

[thegirlwiththecoffintattoo]

2020 be like

[touka-the-fallen-angel]

Bernie dropped out of the democratic primary and I am honestly at a loss for words. He was the candidate that made me believe again that perhaps the United States could systematically improve for the better. As an undergrad poli sci major and current law student I lost hope in the US with every backwards step we took since 2016. It seemed like no matter what the US would always be against the health, safety, and best interests of its majority. Watching the news became unbearable. My NGO work equally so. My study in political science became a joke. Until Bernie and AOC and Omar came and presented to the public necessary reform platforms such as: healthcare for all, a redistributed tax system, job security, and social rights. These candidates were like a glimmer of hope in an otherwise stagnated political field that continued to fail the American populace.

But now ...

We are in the middle of a pandemic in an election year and the candidate that argued for healthcare reform and labor reform has dropped out. Leaving us with Biden who continues to deny that fundamental changes are needed during this pandemic and after. Oh and he is likely a sexual predator too. We are well and truly fucked this election cycle.

If Biden loses this election the democratic party has no one to blame but themselves. For pushing an agenda that a significant portion of their base will not benefit from. For pushing a candidate that a significant portion of their base can't ethically accept. For pushing a voter suppression strategy that a significant portion of their base were disenfranchised by. For pushing the same schemes that made a significant portion of their base disaffected voters in the first place.

Not me but us was the way to go.

[likeamountaininspringtime]

Ffs, Sanders has condemned the people who verbally attack people online "in his name" (strong sarcasm) repeatedly and on different platforms. What else do they want him to do? Track them down???Go to their houses?????? Beat them??????????? WHAT MORE DO THESE PEOPLE WANT??

[factcheckdotorg]

Bloomberg Misleads on Stop-And-Frisk

Michael Bloomberg said he “cut” stop-and-frisk — a policy that he “inherited” — by “95%” by the time he left office as NYC mayor. But it increased nearly 600% in his first 10 years in office before the numbers started to come down.