How does the GOP-E take control if there are a combined 1900 Trump and Cruz delegates?
Why are you asking me? I said nothing about the party bosses taking over; the poster I responded to did...
I simply noted the preponderance of individuals on this site who think there’s a difference between a ‘brokered’ andd ‘contested’ convention, as if one is ok and the other a huge no no...
A contested convention has no candidate with a pledged majority. If that’s what the process yields, there’s no alternative. In 1976, for example, uncommitteds decided it without need for ‘brokering’.
A brokered convention is actually an open convention. There are no longer any brokers who control blocs of delegates. Delegates are almost all autonomous, having been elected by folks back home and owing party bosses nothing.