• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    7 months ago

    It’s not “tough”, it’s impossible. The only person who can decide that the sitting President is not the candidate is that President themselves.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      Technically it’s the head of the DNC.

      Now, once a Dem president wins an election, they nominate that position, and a bunch of other DNC voting seats. And the DNC historically goes along with that. So it is very very unlikely for the DNC to then turn against an incumbent 4 years later.

      But it is technically possible for an incumbent to be booted forcibly from their party’s ticket.