[Wormius]

Originally Posted by FireGilbert

I believe it would be up the RNC to pick a new candidate. I am not sure what rules they have in place for this scenario however.

http://teachinghistory.org/history-c...istorian/20431

Hmm. They almost covered the scenario, but not quite the situation where Candidate A is poised to win, and then croaks or steps aside. Surely there is some contingency or does Candidate B just win by default. In the US are you voting for the person or the party?