I could see delegates fighting for votes in 4 years if better candidates fought each other at state conventions. It would make things even nastier that it is 2016. The big reason nobody knew the process before was the GOP stooge easily won re election or he went under the radar. I was complaining about Colorado two weeks ago after reading about the process. Imagine if all states cut off voters. Just elected first ballot delegates without votes. I wonder if the RNC wants that. Cut off voting.
Re election or election.
That’s actually pretty much how all the states do it. They have state conventions where delegates are chosen through various means, said delegates are bound to vote according to primary/ caucus results for some number of ballots depending on the state, most it’s just the first ballot, some 2 or 3, I don’t think anybody goes past 4 anymore.
Nobody is cut off, this is largely put in place to make sure they come out of the big convention with a candidate even if the voters can’t put together the numbers. If nobody gets the magic number on the first ballot then they NEED to have delegates able to change their vote. When people talk about a candidate not having a ground game this is what they’re really talking about. GOTV is the BEGINNING of a ground game, you need to have dedicated delegates running in the state convention so that if things go past the first ballot you’re still in it AND people showing up at the state convention to vote (or whatever the local rules are) them in as delegates. Smart candidates understand that the primary race doesn’t end until they’re done with their acceptance speech.
>>>The big reason nobody knew the process before was the GOP stooge easily won re election or he went under the radar..
The rules changed for this election greatly benefitted Trump. He’s the stooge that went under the radar this time.
>> I was complaining about Colorado two weeks ago after reading about the process
Colorado hasn’t had a GOP primary since 2001.
>>Imagine if all states cut off voters..
Ah, we would have to imagine it wouldn’t we. Imagine it in the states where Trump claims it was a “voterless election.”
We’d have to imagine it, because his claim is a lie. His followers still repeat the lie. That’s what I find hard to imagine.