I’m an Aussie. I have lurked for years and posted sporadically on FR. I am watching your current primary season intently. Having said that, I still don’t get why you guys over there have such a convoluted method of choosing your party’s presidential canditate. Wouldn’t just having a single, national ballot on a single day , with a list of nominees and then have registered voters of whatever party select their nominee. Tally up who gets most votes and they go to the federal election. Anyway, thats my ten cents worth from downunder. Don’t be too hard on me. By the way, I am rooting for Don. lol. Rooting in the way you yanks use the term. Has a very different meaning down here. Cheers all. And Godbless the greatest nation on earth.
Because our system is stupid and corrupt, that’s why we have this goofy method of choosing a nominee.
With so many candidates on the ballot, a fringe candidate could win with a mere plurality.
The point of having delegates is so that in the end, the winner HAS to get over 50% support.
U.S. is also a republic, not a direct democracy. We have a system of choosing representatives to represent us, not all of us voting ourselves on every single issue. Even the electoral college reflects that in the general.