Want to Understand the Democratic National Convention?
Want to know how delegates to that convention are actually selected?
Good luck. There's not really a central Internet source that answers these two questions. If you have some time, however, and are eager to learn how this process works, here are some tips about how to get the answers. Caution: these sources are dense with information and require some study.
First, to get a good overview of how delegates are selected in general, the link below explains it about as well as any. It's a recent article, and targets the 2016 convention, so most of the information it presents will be accurate:
http://www.democraticconventionwatch.com/diary/3822/
If you want to learn how delegates are selected in your particular state or in a state of interest to you, you'll have to do some additional work. Typically, you can get a rundown at your state's Democratic Party organization's website, but you may have to do some fancy navigation to find it. Or, you can use Google, using the following search phrase. Don't put the search in quotation marks, and omit the brackets:
Democratic national convention {Spelled-out state name} delegate selection
Here's what that search turns up for Minnesota:
https://www.dfl.org/national-delegate-selection-plan-open-for-comments/
The plan is no longer open for comments, and will probably be used with few or no changes.
Here's a page with Iowa's method:
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/IA-D
New Hampshire:
http://nhdp.org/wp-content/uploads/DRAFT-NHDP-2016-Delegate-Selection-Plan1.pdf
Another route to the individual state process is to go to:
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/D
On that page, select the state that interests you. NOTE: The information on these pages may not represent the very latest changes in state party delegate selection criteria, but is usually very accurate.
Each state does it a different way, and varies between caucus states and primary states. It's complicated in most cases, since there are several types of delegates who attend the national convention. It's best to start by reading the first link in this post so you can get the basic information on delegate types and the general convention process.
Disclaimer: This post is not partisan in any way. It merely directs interested parties to the information. If you want to learn more about the Democratic Convention process, you'll find the information you need at the links above. If you don't care, don't click.
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