Vote for Silver Dick!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/14/candidates-who-dont-win-on-first-convention-ballot-usually-go-on-to-lose/

Democrats, 1896: In an election dominated by currency issues, the choice for the Democratic Party was which pro-silver candidate to nominate. The early favorite was former Rep. Richard “Silver Dick” Bland, who for decades had advocated the free coinage of silver (an inflationary policy that many believed would aid debt-burdened farmers). On the first ballot, Bland led William Jennings Bryan by nearly 100 votes. Both men gained votes on the succeeding two ballots, as other candidates dropped out. But on the fourth ballot, a half-dozen states shifted from Bland to Bryan, giving him the lead. The trend was clear, and after Bland and the other silver candidates withdrew in favor of Bryan he was nominated overwhelmingly on the fifth ballot. Bryan went on to lose to William McKinley in the general election.

[lagomorph777]

1. Hi ho Silver Dick!

Silver is a very effective antibacterial, so that may have come in handy in certain situations.

[LiberalArkie]

2. That maybe because if the candidates are popular enough to tie through the ballots then

probably it had been a bitter primaries and easy pickings for the opposite party. After NY Sanders and Clinton need to make their major attacks be on the Republicans like Bernie tried at the start by not going negative. But then the Republicans have trashed each other so bad also that they should really be out of the running. But it is a long time to November.