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Donald Trump Will Be G.O.P. Nominee, Students’ Mock Convention Says
New York Times ^ | 2/13/2016 | Nicholas Fondos

Posted on 02/13/2016 8:45:38 PM PST by GilGil

LEXINGTON, Va. — A gymnasium full of college students here on Saturday did what a former Republican Party chairman, a former vice president and a former speaker of the House who addressed their mock convention would not: predict the Republican nominee for president.

And they did so with bravado, perhaps characteristic of their nominee, predicting that Donald J. Trump, the business tycoon who has never held elected office, would win the Republican nomination with more than twice as many delegates as the runner-up, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.

For a political culture awash with polls and punditry, the mock convention at Washington and Lee University offers one of the most meticulous and intriguing predictions of its kind, having successfully forecast the nominee of the party not in the White House in 19 of 25 attempts, including all but two since 1948.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2016; apprentice; election; mockconvention; primaries; realitytc; showbiz; trump; trumpendorsement; va2016; virginia; wandl; youthvote
More heads exploding all over the place at the thought of a Trump presidency!
1 posted on 02/13/2016 8:45:38 PM PST by GilGil
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To: GilGil

People are so disgusted with the political class that they are justifiably angry.


2 posted on 02/13/2016 8:48:47 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: GilGil

lol. So awesome. Let them stew for awhile. I think the sad thing in this mock convention is that Cruz comes in second......Cruz’s voters must have zero integrity like their candidate.


3 posted on 02/13/2016 8:49:04 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: GilGil

Have they polled all the reality television stars yet? Or the ladies on The View?


4 posted on 02/13/2016 8:51:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: GilGil

Lol. I can’t believe Trump fans are reduced to posting articles about student councils. Who has the teenage vote?


5 posted on 02/13/2016 8:51:20 PM PST by conservativegamer
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6 posted on 02/13/2016 8:54:16 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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7 posted on 02/13/2016 8:57:20 PM PST by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

Go Trump!!!


8 posted on 02/13/2016 8:59:12 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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To: conservativegamer

I’m pretty sure 18 & 19 year olds can vote. There are about 8MM and approximately 2MM vote.


9 posted on 02/13/2016 8:59:42 PM PST by patq
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To: patq

Ask Obama who dominated the student vote. Every vote counts.


10 posted on 02/13/2016 9:00:23 PM PST by GilGil
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To: GilGil

“I’ve been hearing about this for many years, and I know your track record is extraordinary, better than anybody’s,” Mr. Trump said. “I will do my best to keep it intact.”

Classy statement. :)


11 posted on 02/13/2016 9:05:12 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: GilGil

Immature students vote for immature candidate, what a shock.

Time for the grownups to vote.


12 posted on 02/13/2016 9:11:05 PM PST by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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To: GilGil

I concur with the students.


13 posted on 02/13/2016 9:16:27 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Trump is leading all the online polls Drudgreport included.

Trump should make the point he doesn’t want to attend with a hostile audience

RNC Chair Raindeer Preposterous should be fired. If you let Fox ambush both Cruz and Trump because they ain’t Rinos then your not doing your job.

Booing the GOP front runners is just plain stupid.


14 posted on 02/13/2016 9:25:30 PM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: conservativegamer

if they have a mock election sanders wins


15 posted on 02/13/2016 9:37:59 PM PST by RightLady (It's gotta be Cruz)
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Lets fill'er up folks...
16 posted on 02/13/2016 10:17:00 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: anymouse

“Immature students vote for immature candidate, what a shock.

Time for the grownups to vote.”

The students don’t “vote” their preference, they research and predict, extensively, what the electorate is going to do and how that will work through the process of picking the nominee.

I was there, BTW, it’s a remarkable experience.


17 posted on 02/14/2016 10:24:03 AM PST by WL-law
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To: RightLady

Don’t know much about Washington & Lee, do you?

You might spend a few minutes looking it up. Educating yourself isn’t a bad thing.


18 posted on 02/14/2016 11:39:24 AM PST by EDINVA
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