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  1. 2024 • 2020 • 2016. The Democratic Party will select its presidential nominee at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will take place from August 19-22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Joe Biden (D) crossed the majority delegate threshold necessary to win the Democratic nomination on March 12, 2024, making him the presumptive ...

  2. Feb 11, 2020 · How many delegates does a candidate need to win the Democratic presidential nomination? A candidate needs to win more than 1,990 delegates (a majority of the 3,979 pledged delegates.

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    • Is it too late for another Democratic candidate to get into the race? Only a small handful of states have held Democratic presidential primaries thus far.
    • What happens if Biden drops out before the convention? Biden has said he will remain in the race and there is no indication otherwise, but the only plausible scenario for Democrats to get a new nominee would be for Biden to decide to withdraw.
    • Could Democrats replace Biden against his will? There’s no evidence the party would entertain a change without Biden’s consent. But even if they did, there is no mechanism for the national party to replace a candidate before the convention and certainly no way for them to anoint a chosen successor.
    • What happens if Biden withdraws after the convention? To fill a vacancy on the national ticket, the DNC chair can call a “special meeting” of the full Democratic National Committee, which includes about 500 members.
  4. Feb 12, 2024 · Congress and the Democratic Governors Association and shall report” to the roughly 450 members of the Democratic National Committee, who would choose a new nominee.

  5. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection, clinched a second straight Democratic nomination Tuesday and set up an all-but-certain rematch with the predecessor he blames for destabilizing the country. Biden became his party’s presumptive ...

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    • Zeke is AP's Chief White House Correspondent
  6. Mar 12, 2024 · Biden became his party’s presumptive nominee when he won enough delegates in Georgia. That pushed Biden’s count past 1,968 for a majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in ...

  7. Mar 12, 2024 · 03/12/2024 07:19 PM EDT. Updated: 03/12/2024 07:43 PM EDT. President Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, clearing his path to a rematch with Donald Trump in November. Biden ...