Do the math: Contested convention increasingly likely for Democrats

Published February 20, 2020 12:00pm ET



It’s a dream of political junkies and campaign reporters that hasn’t happened since 1952 — a contested political convention. And it could happen this summer.

That’s because the delegate slog ahead for 2020 Democrats gives them little incentive to drop out, since any one of the six could still have a shot at nabbing the party’s nomination at its national convention, set for July 13-16 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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