Posted on 02/13/2016 8:45:38 PM PST by GilGil
LEXINGTON, Va. — A gymnasium full of college students here on Saturday did what a former Republican Party chairman, a former vice president and a former speaker of the House who addressed their mock convention would not: predict the Republican nominee for president.
And they did so with bravado, perhaps characteristic of their nominee, predicting that Donald J. Trump, the business tycoon who has never held elected office, would win the Republican nomination with more than twice as many delegates as the runner-up, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
For a political culture awash with polls and punditry, the mock convention at Washington and Lee University offers one of the most meticulous and intriguing predictions of its kind, having successfully forecast the nominee of the party not in the White House in 19 of 25 attempts, including all but two since 1948.
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People are so disgusted with the political class that they are justifiably angry.
lol. So awesome. Let them stew for awhile. I think the sad thing in this mock convention is that Cruz comes in second......Cruz’s voters must have zero integrity like their candidate.
Have they polled all the reality television stars yet? Or the ladies on The View?
Lol. I can’t believe Trump fans are reduced to posting articles about student councils. Who has the teenage vote?
Go Trump!!!
I’m pretty sure 18 & 19 year olds can vote. There are about 8MM and approximately 2MM vote.
Ask Obama who dominated the student vote. Every vote counts.
“I’ve been hearing about this for many years, and I know your track record is extraordinary, better than anybody’s,” Mr. Trump said. “I will do my best to keep it intact.”
Classy statement. :)
Immature students vote for immature candidate, what a shock.
Time for the grownups to vote.
I concur with the students.
Trump is leading all the online polls Drudgreport included.
Trump should make the point he doesn’t want to attend with a hostile audience
RNC Chair Raindeer Preposterous should be fired. If you let Fox ambush both Cruz and Trump because they ain’t Rinos then your not doing your job.
Booing the GOP front runners is just plain stupid.
if they have a mock election sanders wins
“Immature students vote for immature candidate, what a shock.
Time for the grownups to vote.”
The students don’t “vote” their preference, they research and predict, extensively, what the electorate is going to do and how that will work through the process of picking the nominee.
I was there, BTW, it’s a remarkable experience.
Don’t know much about Washington & Lee, do you?
You might spend a few minutes looking it up. Educating yourself isn’t a bad thing.
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