Buzz wanted to know what would happen if the Democratic National Convention occurs without the nomination already wrapped up beforehand. This article explains it pretty well. Besides the number of candidates, there are a couple of rules changes that could improve the odds of this happening. 1. All states' delegates are now awarded proportionately. (No more winner-take-all primaries.) And 2. Superdelegates are no longer able to vote on the first ballot.
I still think it's unlikely this will happen, especially with Joe Biden looking more and more like a formidable front-runner, but time will tell. It's certainly more possible than in the past.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/14/opinions/contested … index.html
I'm sure, as you said before, that even if they don't pick a candidate on the first ballot, the convention will not go uncontested for long. A lot of these candidates will drop out well before that (as they certainly should) and that will change the map well before the convention.
Thanks again, always good to know...