Key Points
• In the last 50 years, American political party leaders lost their historical control of the nominations of presidential candidates.
• The reduced power held by these expert politicians contributed to Donald Trump’s nomination in 2016, and Democrats in 2020 came close to making a similar choice.
• Involvement by party leaders in a modern “smoke-filled room” gives the Democrats a more viable candidate, Joe Biden, and an increased chance of victory. CONT.
Gerald Pomper, Sabato’s Crystal Ball