Many of the local GOPe elected officials, operatives etc. are telling the media they will support ‘whoever wins their district’ with lots of qualifiers and but’s squeezed in afterwards.
In my district, the 4th, one candidate told the media flat out he supports Trump and was recruited by the Trump campaign as a delegate candidate.
I was contacted about being a Cruz delegate running in this system.
THERE IS A SEPARATE ELECTION IN EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WHERE YOU GET TO PICK UP TO THREE NAMES.
This separate delegate election system has served the GOPe of PA well over the years with local elected officials of the GOPe winning races by name recognition alone.
The Republican Pennsylvania delegates end up being a bulwark against conservative or outsider candidates.
This system meant 90 percent of the delegates ending up supporting Gerald Ford over Ronald Reagan in 1976 even after Reagan picked Richard Schweiker, a Pennsylvania US Senator, as his running mate ahead of the final vote.
Thanks!
I guess I will have to do some digging in my district (13th) to find out if any are outspokenly for Trump, or can be trusted to vote for the district winner.
I looked on DonaldjTrump.com for some guidance and clicked on Pennsylvania. All I got was a ‘get involved’ button that asked for a bunch of contact information.
I was interested in your comment about one delegate candidate saying he’d been recruited by the Trump campaign.
If the Trump campaign is out there in the various districts recruiting people, I would think they would have a guide on DonaldjTrump.com for each state and district, showing which three delegate names they recommend you vote for when you vote for Trump.