The Wyoming Republican Party delegate selection plan is more like Colorado’s than anything else. Registered Republicans, with lots of time and means are able to follow each step of the lengthy process. They are more likely to be activists within the state party than ordinary republicans interested in the presidential race. That has an impact on turnout and eventually the outcome of the delegate selection process. This grants the state party much more control over the selection process. Republicans are being represented by committeemen at the local precinct level. Blindly, you have chosen someone, you have no certainty as to how they may select a delegate who will then vote on your behalf to nominate a candidate.
By doing away with the early straw poll, the election is now blind. Later, Wyoming delegates will eventually be bound to the presidential candidate to whom they have pledged heading into the conventions where those delegates are chosen.
By having only an approved committee vote for the delegates, the party is ensured their choice wins.
Note: Another state that has changed their rules to exclude a lot of voters: The last polling (summer) in Wyoming had Jeb Bush in the lead. Bush=Cheney= Wyoming! ... Wyoming party officials realize they could have lost (perhaps they did) 2012 to Rick Santorum. For 2016, they tightened the party reins and were able to cut out lots of pesky voters, about 2/3 of them.
2012 Primary Election results with 270,000 Wyoming Republicans
Mitt Romney.........822.......38.99%.... 11
Rick Santorum......679.......31.93%...... 8
Ron Paul...............439.......20.83%...... 6
Newt Gingrich.......165.........7.83%...... 2
Others.....................9..........0.43%...... 0
2016 Caucus with 272,000 Registered republican voters .03 % of voters choose the President
980 Committeemen choose the delegates. 66% less than the 2012 Primary election
Committeemen Delegate Vote to date: 34% Cruz, 4% Rubio, 4% Trump The rest to be determined
The GOP and associated State’s GOPs are jiggling their rules to get the not-Trump nominee they want. They don’t really care if they win or not, as long as it isn’t Trump because he could actually win the general election despite all the concern ninny polls, pundits and politicos out there saying differently.
They would rather remain in second-tier power than to give up any more ‘control’ they actually can use like honest men and women. Despicable slugs.
I remember way back when, when I would not choose a party affiliation when I registered to vote. People would ask me why I would give up my chance to influence an election early on, since I would not be voting in a primary.
Clearly, in certain states, it absolutely does not make a difference. Even registered Republicans are not getting the chance to have a say in the primaries. People might as well not choose a party affiliation, because they do not get any input into the process.
What is Alan K. Simpson saying about all of this? He’s the resident “expert”.
Cruz does the best where no one is allowed to vote. Cruz seems be as much of an “outsider” as “Maverick” John McCain.