Quote:Bingo! Totally agree with jj on this one.


The reason we haven't seen a contested convention in the modern era is because we went away (and rightfully so) from political machines. Back during the political machine's day, you'd have brokered conventions and it wasn't a big deal, because that's how it always was, and there were no primaries where voters voted. So our was much less democratic, because the political elite of each party choose the candidates.


Now, we have the ability to actually see what the voters are deciding, so going back to brokering a convention when the plurality of voters are clearly choosing one candidate would be terrible for a party. Saying otherwise is either wishful thinking.

 

A contested convention is not the same as a brokered convention.   Those are two different things. 

 

http://2016.republican-convention.org/br...onvention/

 

"It is also worth pointing out that, contrary to popular belief, brokered and contested conventions are actually two different things; the former actually refers to backroom deals and negotiations involving senior party figures, while the latter entails delegates voting at the convention."

 

You can have a contested convention without having a brokered convention.  

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