When will the Democratic Party decide on a substitute for Joe Biden? Deadline for new candidate
President Joe Biden has given in to calls for him to step down as the Democrats’ standard bearer. By when should the party choose his replacement?
After insisting that he was staying in the presidential race amid calls for him to step down, President Joe Biden has finally withdrawn his White House bid to make way for another candidate.
His highly criticized performance in this election season’s first presidential debate against Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump led to concerns about his mental fitness to lead, and triggered alarm bells among his party regarding his ability to win the election.
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These unprecedented developments have upended the Democratic Party and they now scramble to name his replacement.
When will the Democratic Party decide on a substitute for Joe Biden? Deadline for new candidate
The Democrats will officially choose their nominee at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago from August 19 to 22.
However, party members voted last month that Biden was to be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at a virtual convention to be held between July 21 and August 7, a move that was supposed to fix a problem with election deadlines in Ohio.
These deadlines caused problems for President Biden’s ballot access in the state, so they may also bring about complications for whoever will replace him, if he or she is not formally nominated during that period.
Who will be Joe Biden’s substitute?
After making his initial announcement via a social media post on X, in which he thanked Kamala Harris for being an “extraordinary partner in all this work”, Biden followed up by offering his “full support and endorsement” for Harris to be Democratic Party nominee this year.