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Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Race
(www.nytimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2024
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Switching candidates at contested conventions happened several times in the past. It's not unprecedented and had mixed results.
Has it ever happened to an incumbent? I can only think of one that simply refused to run again because they insisted on being a single-term president.
IDK, will have to look closer. Some reading https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/02/04/contested-presidential-conventions-and-why-parties-try-to-avoid-them/
Reading that article reminded me of how much I hate Reagan and people who say Trump is the worst while praising Reagan. Looked like Ford was actually trying to develop a somewhat okayish policy with the Soviets