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The Republican voters who will have little to no sway in the general election could have some of the most sway in the primary.

This basically sums up why the GOP gets stuck with candidates like Bush, McCain, Romney and others with little grassroots appeal. Their delegates all come from populous, left-leaning states that almost never vote Republican in the general election.

1 posted on 11/18/2015 2:52:56 PM PST by ek_hornbeck
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How Blue Zone GOP Could Veto Conservative Candidates, and lose the election.
2 posted on 11/18/2015 2:58:07 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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Sounds like someone’s wet dream.


3 posted on 11/18/2015 2:59:12 PM PST by CatOwner
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It would just mean the end of the Republican party. I can’t be the only one waiting to see if they finally nominate someone decent to decide if I remain a registered Republican. I am fed up and ready to walk. This is their last chance.


5 posted on 11/18/2015 3:10:01 PM PST by Armando Guerra (Cruz 2016)
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It would just mean the end of the Republican party. I can’t be the only one waiting to see if they finally nominate someone decent to decide if I remain a registered Republican. I am fed up and ready to walk. This is their last chance.


6 posted on 11/18/2015 3:10:05 PM PST by Armando Guerra (Cruz 2016)
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Sorry for the system hiccup.


7 posted on 11/18/2015 3:11:04 PM PST by Armando Guerra (Cruz 2016)
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The delegates are apportioned based on the total number of voters or citizens -- roughly as congressional seats or electoral votes are -- not on the basis of how many Republican voters there are.

But actually, there are bonus delegates rewarded to the states that have elected Republican governors, senators, congressman, and state legislatures or that have given their votes to the GOP presidential candidate in the last election.

Either way, the article is BS. They aren't going to throw out the votes from states Republicans don't carry, and do their best to provide bonus delegates to states Republicans do win.

8 posted on 11/18/2015 3:12:32 PM PST by x
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Simple solution, Trump wins every primary.


9 posted on 11/18/2015 3:14:29 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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The Cheap Labor Express still expects to get their amnesty candidate.


12 posted on 11/18/2015 3:26:23 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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..Blue Zone GOP...

If I recall, blue is always used for the democrat party. Is the GOPe now an arm of the democrat party? Yes!

13 posted on 11/18/2015 3:27:39 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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like Mitt Romney and John McCain before him

Wow! I am getting senile. I have absolutely no memory of the President Romney or President McCain administrations.

I guess I need to check Wikipedia and see if that helps my memory loss.
16 posted on 11/18/2015 3:34:34 PM PST by TomGuy
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If we nominate someone who has already sworn to bring in several hundred thousand “Syrians” then there is no point in voting. There is no point to a GOP. There is only a national government that has turned on its citizens and would prefer to replace them with someone, anyone, even your worst nightmare.

In such an instance GOP is finished, but then so is everything you care about. Time to humble ourselves before God and beat plowshares into swords.


20 posted on 11/18/2015 3:53:02 PM PST by marron
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I assume he means the fact that the early voting primary states are mostly red and do proportional delegates, while the later voting states are mostly blue and are winner-take-all. I pointed this out a while ago. Giving extra weight to blue states was all part of the RNC’s plan to help the moderate candidate win this time with less headwind than Romney faced. It still gives Jebio a big advantage. If Trump is just polling even with Jebio midway through the primary, he will lose due to the blue state advantage built in.


21 posted on 11/18/2015 3:58:21 PM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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Trump is NOT conservative and moderates are not pragmatic


26 posted on 11/18/2015 4:12:39 PM PST by GeronL
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