Simple 1237 is half the delegates plus one....if no one reaches that goal some delegates are released from their pledge and a second vote is held .. if no one gets 1237 more delegates are released and a third vote happens...etc. etc. etc. until some one gets 1237. That’s how it works and all the candidates signed a piece of paper saying they understood the rules and would abide by them.
True. But, clearly civics is no longer taught in public schools. Rules are a device that serve the Establishment, and the party system itself is now suspect.
My point is that TRUMP has exposed the dark side of power for all of us.
We had hopes of taking over the Establishment GOP party system this election cycle, from the inside.
Now we understand the Rules are arranged to prevent any such notion and the popular vote becomes an exercise in futility, if the powers wish to overturn the popular vote.
So, yes, I think it will be a slow process but there will need to be a Third Party, if this rules religion can not be corrected to favor the people’s voice and vote, over the entrenched office holders of Party mafia.