So today I heard a local radio show caller mention that there was a record setting number of contested convention votes in 1924 at the Democrats' convention.



I looked it up and apparently it was wild. Delegates voted 103 times until there was a candidate with a majority. By the last ballot the 2 original front runners had dropped out of the race, and the nomination was won by John W. Davis, who had only 2.8% of the vote on the first ballot.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_Democratic_National_Convention

Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?



I knew I should have put Trump or Cruz in my title somehow



This may be a long past Democrat party trend, but having somewhat lengthy conventions seems to have not always doomed the nominee to defeat:

funny how our system works...

And the vote to include a platform plank condemning the Ku Klux Klan failed.

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What do you mean, OUR system?





Seriously though at least we don't have super delegates like the Dems do. Hillary has pretty much owned the nomination from the beginning, and it would've been terrible to be in the same situation with Jeb!