The non-binding straw poll was removed. All registered republicans could still participate in the March 1st Colorado precinct conventions and pretty much any of them that wanted to could be a delegate to the County Assemblies. Just ask Larry Lindsay who was a county delegate but didn’t even show up and then cried to the world about his stupidity.
It's comparable to the 75,000 who participated in the Nevada Caucus, but it's funny that we didn't hear Trump crying over that.
It's pretty much the same process that Colorado has had in place since 1912. If the Colorado Republican voters don't like it, they should show up and change it.
Trumps whining is a well thought out tactic that is opening the eyes of the voters, which NEED to be opened.
That's exactly it. The whining is just a tactic. Trump's team should have know all the rules and are without excuse.
If the people don't like obtuse ballot listings in Pennsylvania, then they need to show up at the conventions, call attention to it, and vote to change it.
CO polls show that Trump would have won CO with 44% of the vote. Why did Cruz get 100% of the delegates.
Is that the poll with a sample size of 609 when 65,000 voters participated in the Colorado Conventions? Trump didn't even show up. He'd rather whine and cry than do the work needed to get his supporters there.
If those delegates won't support Cruz then they shouldn't have voted for them.
The delegates elected and the rules of the party are decided by those who show up. We did that in Texas through the years and the grassroots has more influence than ever.
If they would vote for Kasich then they are not properly vetted. If Cruz and Trump have the majority of the grassroots support and do their jobs of getting their supporters to the conventions, then they control the process with the vote at the conventions.
Its not that Cruz actually cheats to get these delegates, its his partnership with the GOP to stop Trump.
You seem to be in the minority amongst Trump supporters who post on this subject.
Yes, the Cruz team needs to properly vet the national delegates that they support. The establishment has limited options if both Cruz and Trump get their delegates in place.
Obligatory “he must have been cheating” to actually motivate his supporters to attend the various levels of conventions and get them to vote for national delegates that favor him.
Hurray! Trump is finally starting to understand the rules of the process. Hopefully he can work to get his supporters in place to vote to keep rule 40b on the National Rules Committee.
The Republican Party in each state sets it's own rules. All the candidates knew them (or should have). If you don't like the rules, then get enough people to show up at the convention to support your changes and vote them through.
The map is interesting, but would be better if it showed percentages.