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two-thirds rule  

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  • Candidates for the Democratic presidential or vice-presidential nomination faced an especially high hurdle during the party's first century. Unlike other major parties, the Democrats used a controversial rule that required a two-thirds majority vote of the national party convention to obtain either nomination. [Source: Elections A to Z; Two-Thirds Rule]

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