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To: Mercat

I saw that too. What they are ignoring is that the rules the GOPe set up were designed to allow a candidate to win a majority of the delegates with a plurality of the vote, including winner take all states like FL. Romney never had a majority of votes until after he had the delegate count locked up. Now those rules are working against them. When Krauthammer says “36% still isn’t a majority” it’s true, but irrelevant.


15 posted on 12/10/2015 4:57:27 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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To: Hugin

I have a question for you on the primaries. Several states have open primaries.
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Massachusetts (All races’ primaries open for “unenrolled”/unaffiliated voters only), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, & Wisconsin.
If I understand correctly, McCain did not win any of the Republican primaries against Romney but did win in the states with open primaries which gave him the nomination.

If that is the case, might not Trump win large majorities, large enough to easily win, in the states with open primaries? Does this make sense?


31 posted on 12/10/2015 5:23:51 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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