There have been several national polls asking the question of whether the nomination should go to the candidate who has a plurality of delegates going into the convention and it has received overwhelming support each time.
A Monmouth poll done on March 23 found that 54% supported the idea. By April 12 an AP poll found that support had risen to 58% and an NBC/WSJ poll on April 14 found that 62% supported it. Again, these were all national polls.
The electorate’s distaste for a contested convention is also evidenced by current polls in state after state where Cruz’s support is cratering, as is his support in every national poll. In fact, according to RCP, Cruz has not led in any poll, state or national, since April 4, his last winning poll before Wisconsin.
So what if “persons polled” want to drop the majority threshold?
It matters ZERO as the delegate majority (now 1237) has been the rules for 200 years, RNC plainly and loudly said it would not be changed.
What trumpbots can’t seem to grasp is that the GOP is not some government organization that they have some say over. It is a PRIVATE organization that has its established rules no different than any other PRIVATE organization (i.e. the NFL or NASCAR).
Hiss, scream and stamp your foot til the cows come home and its not going to alter the necessity for a candidate to get 1237, even if it takes 50 ballots to get there.
Trump’s fear of a Contested Convention is because he KNOWS he is very unlikely to be able to persuade staunch GOP delegates to vote for his hateful low info BS beyond the first ballot.
Simple! Don’t like the rules? Go start your own Party.