They are lawyers and school board members, labor activists and faith leaders, lifelong Democrats and party newcomers. These are the people who make up the 3,939 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Some are elected, and some are selected — each state party has its own rules — for what is normally a ceremonial task: nominating their candidate for president. But in a — still unlikely — scenario that President Biden steps down as the nominee, they will suddenly be charged with picking a new nominee. Most of these delegates did not set out to become kingmakers in the Democratic Party, but rather to be part of a pro-Biden slate pledging support to the president.

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