In what's essentially a goodwill gesture, Joe Biden’s campaign is angling to let Bernie Sanders keep some of the delegates he would otherwise forfeit by dropping out of the presidential race. The plan could help Biden unite the Democratic Party.
But with the nomination essentially decided, who has how many delegates takes on a new meaning. In 2016, rowdy Sanders supporters booed some speakers and any mention of nominee Hillary Clinton at the party’s Philadelphia convention. The disruptions were so embarrassing to the party that Sanders pleaded with his supporters not to stage protests on the floor.
It is not unusual for rival presidential campaigns to negotiate over delegates once the nominating contest is over. In 2008, Clinton and Barack Obama fought over how to divvy up delegates from disputed primaries in Michigan and Florida. Clinton won both states. However, the states had violated party rules by holding their primaries too early in the calendar and were therefore to be stripped of all their delegates.
Nearly two-thirds of delegates are won based on results in individual congressional districts and they stay with the candidates all the way to the convention.
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