they gotta think this thing through- if Trump is taken out, they get Pence, not Hillary.
There’s a lot of magical thinking going on. As you say, I think a lot of them just assume that the second place finisher takes the White House if the first place finisher is eliminated or something. Many of the same people can’t read or write in cursive.
Dems think this is like the Miss America pageant. If the winner can no longer serve, the First Runner Up steps in.