Joe Biden’s withdrawal from presidential race revives a party convention process not used since 1968
By Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Professor of Government, Hamilton College Now that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee, it will ultimately be up to Democratic National Convention delegates to formally select a new nominee for their party. This will mark the first time in over 50 years that a major party nominee was selected outside of the democratic process of primaries and caucuses. Many Democrats had already begun discussing how to replace President Biden. They worried that having the convention delegates, the majority of...
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