Talk:Democratic National Convention

message: I removed text and a link from this article and the 2008 convention article that constituted original research as to why, as of this writing, this particular party has not yet chosen its national convention. Settler 23:01, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  No original research 

message: The 1872 Convention was in Cincinnati, Ohio, not in Baltimore.Superslum (talk) 00:40, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a source for that? I have two sources  stating it was in Baltimore. Simon12 (talk) 02:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The 1872 group that met in Cincinnati were called the Liberal Republican Party.  Horace Greeley was nominated by them in Cincinnati after he broke away from the Democrats.  New International Encyclopedia describes that party thusly:
Liberal republican party.  In American history, the name given to a short-lived political party which participated in the presidential campaign of 1872, composed largely of "bolters" from the regular Republican organization.  The party first appeared as a prominent political factor in Missouri in 1870, under the leadership of Carl Schurz and B. Gratz Brown, the latter of whom, by a fusion of Liberal Republicans with a large element of the Democratic Party, was elected Governor.  
(continued)  In answer to a call issued by the triumphant fusionists on Jan. 24, 1872, a National Liberal Republican Convention met at Cincinnati on May 1, and after much discussion Horace Greeley was nominated for President and B. Gratz Brown for Vice President.  
Afterwards, Horace Greeley was nominated by the Democrats in 1872.  The Democratic candidate in 1872 received 2,834,079 popular votes, against 3,597,070 for General Grant.  He had abandoned the Democratic Party and joined the Liberal Republican Party.  In 1861, Horace Greeley had been a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator, but was defeated by Ira Harris.  
The political party that met in Cincinnati were not Democrats, however, they first nominated Horace Greeley, whom the Democrats nominated later on, apparently at the convention held in Baltimore.Superslum (talk) 10:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  1872 convention 

message: I cannot find--anywhere--the actual rules for electing the nominee. If, as another Wikipedia entry states, a majority of delegates will elect the candidate, why would a convention ever be "brokered"? You just simply take the total number of delegates and divide by two.
What are the precise rules for electing the Democratic candidate? Does anyone know? (So far Google and Wikipedia have failed me.)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manumoka (talk • contribs) 01:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There would be a brokered convention if no one can pass the 50% threshold on the first go-round.  A hypothetical example would be if Barack Obama had 49% of the delegates, Hillary Clinton with 49% of the delegates, and John Edwards with 2%. Probably needs to be explained a bit in this article. Settler (talk) 03:10, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electing the nominee 

message: It is common in Wikipedia to have articles comparing stuff. I was wondering if maybe we could workout an article called Comparison between the Republic National Convention and the Democratic National Convention. This comparison may be ideological and technical. For instance it could show the readers some statistics regarding for instance the amount of delegates that  belong to a minority, or women vs men in each convention etc. Thanks --Camilo Sánchez Talk to me 15:58, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Comparison

message: There seems to be an almost total lack of any sourcing in this article whatsoever. The article has words that may violate the Manual of Style per WP:EDITORIAL. It also reads like an essay. 
Worst of all, someone made a major change to the article, providing no sources and claiming that they were "getting it right". We need to fix this. --Mr. Guye (talk) 00:37, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of sourcing is allowing users to add original research