Then the TX Legislature needs to act and make TX winner take all as well.
From The Green Papers website, this makes the race virtually impossible for a conservative to win when all the Blue States are Winner-Take-All and all the conservative states primarily in the South are proportional, meaning even when the RINO loses, they still win.
The key to winning the statewide vote in the GOP Primary rests in South FL. The Miami-Dade GOP voters vote as 1 voting block like the AA vote. Whomever has their support at the time of the primary will win the overall state vote. The panhandle and rest of the state is not enough to offset it.
As important as Florida is in primaries and elections, this state should NEVER be WTA. The whole state is way too diverse to pull that garbage.
Shame on the FL GOP. The activists here need to have this fixed immediately.
Interesting read. It seems that even Reagan was not supposed to happen. They wanted Bush, who is of course a RINO, like his sons, and that’s being kind.
Maybe the establishment doesn’t really care who wins. They will still live the wealthy life and laugh at the peasants.
It is amazing how easily republicans can change their rules in some states but not change from OPEN to CLOSED primaries in others.
Yes, I know Florida is a CLOSED state but others should be able to more easily become CLOSED. I am tried of demos and liberals deciding the republican nominees.
The GOPe just makes rules that keep them in power. That’s what it’s all about to them — staying in power.
Over the last few years, the republican party has really been exposing itself to be a party of slime. About the only thing worse is the democrats.
I disagree, Rubio will take votes from Bush in Florida, giving Cruz or Walker an opportunity to take the state.
Doesn’t matter to me. I ain’t voting for Jeb or Rubio
Oh exactly. they are all in on Bush the Dimwit.
The GOP establishment(both Fl and RNC) pushed Crist and wrote off Rubio. History might repeat itself. Jeb has stumbled out of the gate...literally. He announced and thus came out of the gate and that announcement itself was a stumble.
In neighboring GA Rubio is running 3d with Carson and Huckabee tied for 1st with 20% each. (Huckabee won GA last time). If either Carson or Huck stumbles, Rubio will move up as he is virtually everyone’s “second choice” they will go to when their first choice stumbles.
Bttt
The GOP is just hedging their bets. A/k/a, tilting the playing field in either Rubio or Jeb’s favor.