brokered convention

American  

noun

U.S. Politics.

1. a party convention in which many delegates are pledged to favorite sons who use their blocs of votes to bargain with leading candidates who lack a majority of delegate support.

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Example Sentences

In a sequential process often called a "brokered convention," various candidates who recognize they cannot win the nomination free their delegates to vote for others.

From Salon

And for all the quadrennial chatter about the possibility of a brokered convention, the parties knock themselves out to avoid that kind of drama, even in cycles with ugly primaries.

From New York Times

No one in a position of relevant authority has said publicly that Mr. Cuomo, a noncandidate with a generational governing challenge on his hands, should be introduced to the mix or elevated in any far-fetched brokered convention scenario.

From New York Times

In the meantime, we can pack up all the old predictions of an extended delegate contest, culminating in that perennial pundit’s dream of a contested or brokered convention.

From The Guardian

He's really not going to like it when 500 super delegates are available on the second round of a brokered convention this June to dump most votes in Biden's lap.

From Salon