Political parties aren’t legally regulated - that’s likely what will happen but its important to note that there aren’t laws here - it’s all just self-imposed rules.
The DNC can just their own rules whenever they please.
It’s like a parent saying a kid can’t stay up past 8pm because bedtime is 8pm. Completely ignoring they’re the ones who set and enforce the entire concept of bedtime.
I mean - it’s a good idea not for them to get too arbitrary as well all recall from the bullshit with Clinton v Sanders… it causes a loss of trust.
But I completely agree that this is much more malleable than the flowchart implies.
Except this is the opposite…
They change the rules to win, just not to lose.
Moderates don’t think of progressives as the same team, there’s no reason to keep acting like we are
Moderates absolutely see progressives as the same team. The DNC’s whole thing is “Big Tent”. AOC is a star progressive and huge voice in the party. You can thank Bernie for this. Stop getting your news from orange rimmed mouths.
The rules outlined above are a result of the 2016 debacle. The DNC voted to curtail superdelegate powers in 2018 because of how much everyone hated it, but believe it or not they were playing by their rules then too. It was a united vote, the DNC as a whole chose to give more power to non-mainstream voices.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/25/politics/democrats-superdelegates-voting-changes/index.html
This is the best summary I could come up with:
It’s been three weeks since President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, one that’s sparked public and private calls from Democrats for him to step aside.
Biden has repeatedly bucked those calls, though the count of Democratic lawmakers calling for his ouster continues to tick up.
It’s improbable that Democrats could push Biden out without his consent — convention delegates are picked because of their loyalty to their candidate, and Biden won the right to help select virtually every pledged delegate to the convention.
However, Democratic Party rules do outline what would happen if Biden steps aside before he’s formally nominated (which is scheduled to happen in a virtual roll call before the convention), or if there’s a vacancy on the national ticket after Biden officially secures the nomination.
Note that if this unprecedented situation were to happen, it’s possible the party could vote to change any of the rules around candidate replacement.
And if it comes to pass after the convention, it’s possible state laws could complicate efforts to replace Biden on specific ballots.
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Ha, some ass even went so far as to downvote your deleted comment when applying their mass downvotes.
Hah! It was the wrong flowchart. Downloaded had no text so I had to screenshot it and repost it. I’m pretty sure there’s a downvote bot that follows my account. Oh well.
Here’s the deleted comment image:
