re: #130 Ming5000

Was watching one of Ken Burns’s “The Roosevelts” last night and noticed that there did not seem to be pledged delegates at the Democratic convention in, i think, 1940.

Hmm. I did not know that: My interpretation from the article:

Prior to 1968 most delegates were essentially Superdelegates.

The political parties are not required by law to be democratic organizations. They can select their candidates as they see fit.