Its tough call time for me and I’m considering voting for Trump here in Pennsylvania on April 26th even though I’ve sent Cruz money and don’t wish him ill or hate him.
I think Ted’s becoming a tool of the GOPe and he needs to take on some tough issues like balancing the budget for starters.
One Trump delegate has come out from the phoney baloney ‘uncommitted’ delegate election process of the Pennsylvania GOPe in my congressional district, so I can support him, too.
I know a lot of the candidates so I guessed him as a Trump guy. I was right.
I have to decide who the other two candidates in my district for delegate I will vote for.
Trump may get ‘bound’ delegates (14) picked by the GOPe for winning the popular vote, but he needs real delegates committed to him all the way for the fight ahead in Cleveland.
In the maze of the ‘uncommitted’ candidates on the ballot in each congressional district for delegates, there are committed Trump supporters.
I’m from PA too, and a Trump supporter who wants his vote to count on April 26. I’m surprised to learn how much I don’t know about the delegate selection process in my state and elsewhere even though I’ve already voted in 10 PA presidential primaries in my life!
I know there are 71 delegates and that 54 are unbound. I understand what ‘unbound’ means and that there are 3 per district, but I don’t know the following:
In past presidential primaries I recall simply voting for my candidate. When I pulled the lever, was I really voting for three delegates from my district at the same time, that were preselected on the ballot, without realizing it? Are there a bunch to choose from and I can choose 3 from among them?
Even though they will be unbound, do they at least verbally declare who they plan to vote for? If I contact the local Republican committee person, is he supposed to furnish me with information regarding which delegates may be informally pledged to a certain candidate?
Will the delegates’ votes at the convention become public information so they can be held accountable for how they vote?
Sorry about all the questions. I’ve been hearing about certain campaigns having a better ‘ground game’, or built in support from the party establishment, and picking up more delegates even though they lost the primary. I just want my vote to count, and if Trump wins in PA or in my district, I want him to get the delegates fair and square, rather than another candidate who is better at gaming the system.
Thanks!!