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Your process, by your description, resulted in a precinct vote of 22-6 for Cruz, even though a majority of your friends and neighbors were for Trump most likely. There are typically thousands of voters in a precinct. The caucus was designed to be unwieldy, which is why only 28 people showed up. That was only the first step in a 3 step process. There was then a regional meeting where those who were for Trump magically didn't get notice, and then another meeting where those on the ballot had 10 seconds to talk and the ones for Trump didn't even have their numbers (not names!) on the ballot. It is a system very comparable to Iran's method of selecting its Supreme Leader.

Oh but Cruz is so smart, Trump could have done it, too, you will claim. Right. I've got a bridge to sell you if you believe that. Cruz was given smooth sailing to take all the delegates by the party insiders who set up the process in the first place, and they didn't set it up for Cruz. They set it up for Bush or Marco or whoever was the GOPe frontrunner, to protect that person from the rabble who elected Ron Paul last time. Had Jeb been in front, they would have steered the delegates and the process to Jeb. Because they were stuck with Cruz as the only one left who could stop Trump and give the GOPe an open convention, they made sure that only Cruz would get delegates. When there was a meeting, he knew. When ballots were printed, they were printed correctly for Cruz delegates. GOPe insiders, who are the only ones in any state who attend these party events, were told to vote for Cruz. So they did.

It was a GOPe delegate snatch in which Cruz was the willing beneficiary, not an example of the wonderful skills at following rules that Cruz keeps proclaiming. Real voters in Colorado and elsewhere know what the GOPe set up, and they saw through it, and it has ended up helping Trump in other states, but those delegates should be disqualified if it comes down to it.

Yes, actually I have a problem with people of all political persuasions that seek to undermine and suppress the vote. But I do understand exactly why TeamCruz needs to suppress the vote —>it is the only way Cruz wins. And now it appears his own tricks have backfired and Cruz has Colorado-ized himself.

Colorado is already promising that everyone gets to vote in 2020.
Donald J. Trump will win Colorado in November, it will be yuge based on the polling done days before your cockeyed convention.

TRUMP CARD: Magellan Poll Finds That Trump Would Trump Cruz in a Primary. Colorado Peak Politics -Conservative Bully Pulpit ^ Colorado Peak Politics 4/21/16

There has been a lot of agitation from the Trump Camp about the caucus process in Colorado – and, maybe, now we know why. A Magellan poll released today shows that in a head to head match up, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would beat his opponent Ted Cruz in Colorado.

Here are the numbers when voting on the current ballot:

44% – Trump

34% – Cruz

17% – Kasich

5% – undecided

If voters were asked to choose between Cruz and Trump, the result is little changed:

48% – Trump

42% – Cruz According to the poll, Trump’s top spot is due to his strong stance on immigration and national security. From the poll summary:

“Simply put, support for Donald Trump is being driven by his dominance among the 22% of voters that believe stopping illegal immigration is the the top issue.

Among those voters, 59% support Donald Trump and only 26% support Ted Cruz. Additionally, of the 20% of respondents that chose “National Security Issues” as the top issue, 40% support Donald Trump and 27% support Ted Cruz. To summarize, on each of the top two issues, Donald Trump holds a double-digit lead over Ted Cruz, including a substantial 23-point lead on the issue of stopping illegal immigration.”

This survey was done on April 5th and 6th of this year of 609 likely Republican primary voters in Colorado. The survey was not paid for by any candidate, campaign, committee, independent expenditure committee or individual, according to Magellan.