It to some degree will be interesting to see how the party mgmt come down in this vote. To a degree they
aren't necessarily the most conservative but they do have clout so they can sway votes, imo.
If Trump goes in with the much larger voting block then imo he shouldn't be denied by back door deals. And
to me that is what it may come down to. I'm not sure the voters will be that enthused by such actions either.
>> an arranged winner amongst a few delegates that aren’t necessarily representing the constituents <<
The vast majority of the delegates will be conservative hometown folks who were selected by their local and state Republican caucuses, primaries and conventions. They won’t have been selected by some cabal of Rove and Priebus acolytes in Wash DC.
Mostly these hometown delegates will vote on the first ballot as their state party’s regulations and their state’s election laws dictate, and normally they will be pledged to one candidate or another.
But on the second ballot, most will be allowed to exercise independent judgment, while trying to balance the desires of their hometown constituents with the electability and policy stances of the various candidates.
And here is an absolutely critical point:
This kind of informed exercise of independent judgement is the essence of decision making in a constitutional republic. It’s why we have representative government instead of plebiscitary democracy. In other words, it’s the fundamental difference between a republic and a democracy.