What Happens If Joe Biden Drops Out of the Election? Does Vice President Kamala Harris Become the Nominee?
glamour.comdrops out of the presidential race? Wait, is poised to be our first woman president? Okay, let’s hold our horses for a second.Top Democrats continue to call on President Joe Biden, 81, to step down as the Democratic nominee for president following his in the first presidential debate on June 27.
Some of these Democrats (Maryland representative , California representative ) have done so publicly. Others () have reportedly done so in private.
If Biden does decide to step down, the memes alone would have everyone believe that Vice President Kamala Harris would automatically take his place as the nominee.
But it’s not that simple.Though he is the incumbent, Joe Biden is not technically the Democratic nominee for president until he is confirmed by the delegates at the Democratic Convention, which is scheduled to begin on August 19 in Chicago, Illinois. (Fun fact: The last time Chicago hosted the DNC, in 1996, was also the last time there was a convention without a nominee already decided, called a brokered convention.) Every year, delegates representing their party from each state gather at the convention to formally nominate the person who won their state’s primary election.
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