If President Biden is viewed as the loser of Thursday night’s presidential debate against former President Donald Trump, it may accelerate months-long speculation that he could be replaced as the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024.
Back in mid-February, New York Magazine considered the possibility of replacing the elderly 81-year-old president as the nominee. “From a political perspective, the idea that Biden might be dumped from the ticket is extremely far-fetched,” New York Magazine wrote. “But technically it is possible, though increasingly complicated, right up to Election Day.”
ABC News pointed out two types of delegates existed in the Democratic Party: pledged delegates, who are allotted to candidates based on the votes in state primaries but while assumed to be loyal to that candidate, are not legally required to support the candidate, and “superdelegates,”…
