Methinks that Cruz has told us over and over and over again that only delegates count.
So if he becomes the GOPe anointed, no Repulicans need to vote. TEB will just lector, hector the delegates to support him and voila! TEB will be anointed as prez.
For what it is worth at the time or for what it is worth in his supposedly bright but narcistally addled mind.
Wyoming Rules reduce the pesky voters way down since the last election.
2,114 committeemen chose delegates in 2012.
903 committeemen chose delegates in 2016
They reduced voters by another 55%....Way to go Wyoming GOPe.!
Thats a whopping .03% of your republican voters.
In 2020 we expect 400 voters.....In 2024 you’ll be gone for good!
The Wyoming plan is much like Colorado’s. Registered Republicans with lots of time and $ to follow each step of the lengthy process. They are more likely to be activists within the state party than general 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 process.
By having only approved committee vote for the delegates, the party is ensured THEIR choice as opposed to the popular vote.
State parties change rules to exclude voters: The last poll (summer) had Jeb Bush leading. Bush-Cheney-> Wyoming! ... Realizing a near lost in 2012, Wyoming reined in the election process game for 2016.
-—2012 Primary Election results-—
Mitt Romney.........822.......38.99%.... 11
Rick Santorum......679.......31.93%...... 8
Ron Paul...............439.......20.83%...... 6
Newt Gingrich.......165.........7.83%...... 2
——2016 Wyoming Caucus——
Cruz votes-—————644...... 66.3%
Rubio votes—————189....... 19.5%
Trump votes—————70.......... 7.2%
2016 -—>Dumped 1000+ selectors. (275,573 registered republican voters)
903 Committeeman chose delegates. .03 % of eligible voters choose POTUS
If only delegates count, then only those delegates would vote for Cruz or any Republicans that endorse him in November. Republicans would have difficulty winning as much as dog catcher, across the nation, unless they condemn Cruz.