Okaay… let’s walk through this one. Washington State has 44 delegates up for grabs in a closed Winner-Take-Most primary, broken down by statewide and Congressional District. The delegates are bound to the candidate who wins them – the usual one-ballot rule – and so it behooves a prudent candidate who thinks that this convention is going to the second ballot to make sure that all the delegates are actually your partisans, because then… they’re your partisans. This is familiar by now, yes?
Well. It’s already becoming clear that Ted Cruz thought about all of this ahead of time and Donald Trump did not.
Yep.....but it also has to do with ineptitude on the part of Trump's people.
I saw a Fox interview yesterday of Trump's Arizona Chairman, State Treasurer Jeff DeWit, who was complaining about Cruz getting delegates in line out there.
He said in the interview that he knew the rules, the delegate selection was all above board...nothing illegal happened...but he didn't explain why he didn't get Trump's people chosen....which is what he was "hired" to do.
I believe that delegates have the option of abstaining from a first round vote. Not sure of this, but read it on another thread from one who seemed to know what he/she was talking about.
This would be an interesting twist if the delegate were actually for Cruz but was bound to Trump for the first ballot. Hmmm....
Thanks for the explanation. So it sounds like all the candidates running should get at least some delegates (except maybe Kasich) of the 44 available. I’m surprised we don’t hear more about the WA primary - I guess because it’s still a ways off.
Thanks for the explanation - it’s appreciated.