“I’m not sure if the 3 top GOP people are bound to the primary winner or not. I would think so - but not sure.”
The Washington State delegation to the Republican National Convention in 2016 include:
11 At-Large Delegates and 11 Alternate At-Large Delegates
3 Delegates and 3 Alternate Delegates from each of 10 Congressional Districts, or a total of 30 Congressional District Delegates and 30 Congressional District Alternate Delegates.
3 automatic Delegates: Washington State Party Chairman, Washington State National Committeeman, Washington State National Committeewoman
The 11 At-Large Delegates and the 30 Congressional District Delegates, a total of 41 Delegates are bound by the Primary Election results on the first ballot at the National Convention under present rules.
The 3 automatic Delegates are not bound by the votes in the Primary Election.
Thanks for that detailed explanation, and with the 3 not bound by the primary. And excuse my ignorance - so the “at-large” can be from any district then?
Ok, this is a fantastic demonstration of this new system.
Calling the Automatic Delegates “superdelegates”. It’s plain to see that the term was only coined because it’s the only thing that the birdbrains at CBSNBCCNNABC could spoon feed the blithering idiots that they speak “at” everyday.
When I saw the word, I immediately placed it along the same lines as Inhofe’s McGovern superdelegates - Created to prevent the party from reaching it’s ultimate Communist conclusion, and I reversed it to think: “These guys must be here to prevent the Republicans from reaching it’s ultimate conclusion of a republic”
Just comparing the two concepts put a bad taste in my mouth.
These Automatic delegates are NOT new. It’s just that before no one was talking about them.
Thanks for your time and clarification, I appreciate it.