04-02-2020, 01:33 PM
(04-02-2020, 12:31 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: CNN reports that the Democratic National Convention pushed back to August.
The way people are ignoring the problem, that possibly is not enough.
Let's ask about the worst case. The pandemic is still raging, or seesawing through an ongoing pattern of flares-up that are suppressed by stay-at-home orders. In either case, having a convention is somewhere between ridiculous and insane. Now what? For that matter, what happens if the remaining primaries are delayed into nonexistence? And what about the general election?
No good options I can see. Yes, we can have a general election by mail, but I doubt the GOP will go along unless rural areas are being hit hard. If 2000 and 2016 were minority elections, 2020 might be even worse. Will the majority electorate stand for that, once the pandemic is under control?
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