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So, as I understand with all these comments, they’re only candidates if they appear on the ballot on election day? Regardless if they ran and then dropped out?
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That would be correct. The debate and everything up to the DNC has been pure punditry. He was not an official candidate.
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I am confused if they aren’t candidates until they appear on the ballot. Then what do we call them in the meantime?
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Someone said in another comment that Biden dropped before he was officially nominated, so technically, he was more like a candidate to be a candidate if I get it right