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To: Fantasywriter

Your scenario doesn’t quite fit. In most cases, the local state process requires delegates to be bound to a specific candidate on the first ballot. So your “diehard Trump supporters” are free to vote how they and/or their constituents support on any subsequent ballot. In my view that’s fair. Because if all delegates are bound on all ballots, there is no way to select a nominee if no candidate won a majority of delegates during the primary.

The beauty of our republic is there are 50 sovereign states and a few territories. All of whom would not send 100% Trump loyalists to the GOP convention. Especially if the popular vote was as you described.


90 posted on 04/26/2016 9:10:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The last line of my prior post nailed it.


93 posted on 04/26/2016 9:13:19 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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