Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, according to CNN’s delegate estimate.
While endorsements from delegates continue to come in, the vice president has now been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged delegates she’ll need to win the nomination on the first ballot.
Harris crossed the threshold amid a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening.
What do I need to become a delegate? $500 million?
Wouldn’t hurt. Though most are delegate due to elected position or working up through the party. Often money is a requirement, however.
Do you have any idea how these delegates are chosen or who they are? I’m having a hard time finding out much information about them.
It’s fairly straightforward, for the most part. The main ways to be selected as a delegate are:
There’s also at least a third way that is more opaque but appears mainly to be “be a major donor”.