Real fucking genius shit that they just keep depending on the states to pass temporary measures each time this is an issue. “Am I so out of touch with the scheduling of my convention? No, it’s the states who are wrong.”
Campaign finance law means that there are separate pots of money for before and after the nomination at the convention
The very wealthy favor Republicans, which means they tend to have more money in their general election account
Having less time between convention and election day means that the dollars-per-day you can spend out of the general election funding is greater
This pushes Democrats to try and hold their convention as late as actually possible in order to enable them to match the Republican spend rate during the final weeks of campaigning
Real fucking genius shit that they just keep depending on the states to pass temporary measures each time this is an issue. “Am I so out of touch with the scheduling of my convention? No, it’s the states who are wrong.”
There’s an underlying problem which drives this: