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False argument. Constitution and party rules allow states to determine the selection process. Never been direct democracy. To this day, delegates/electors select the candidates/POTUS/VP. And Trump has benefited greatly from the “corrupt” rules, and he’s not whined about those caucus states / territories he’s won or in which he’s done well. Fake, selective outrage by a bully.


128 posted on 04/21/2016 6:28:52 PM PDT by twister881
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Sure, the party convention can do what it wants, but if it goes against the candidate who did the best in the primaries, it won't win and will lose the trust of voters and have to work hard to regain it.

In 1968 the DNC gave the nomination to Hubert Humphrey even though he didn't win any primaries, and he lost the general election. That may have been a special situation because of the RFK assassination, but four years later Humphrey got a fraction of a percent more primary votes than George McGovern. The party gave the nomination to McGovern and lost big time.

Nowadays you could compare the party conventions to the electoral college. It's not an exact or perfect parallel, but the convention or electoral college can do whatever it wants, but it will pay the price if it doesn't pay attention to electoral results.

175 posted on 04/22/2016 2:03:44 PM PDT by x
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To: twister881

So vote for Shrillary & stop bitching.


182 posted on 04/23/2016 5:05:50 AM PDT by ResisTyr ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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