Sabato, bless his (little ‘ol) heart. Captain Obvious. Of course the Bush people are aligning behind Rubio. Where else can they go without blowing up the party? And after March 15, most of the states are winner take all delegates, even if the winner doesn’t get a majority of the votes. Did Sabato point out that Trump got 100% of the delegates in SC?
Huckabee was just on Cavuto defending Trump not releasing his Taxes. Said he couldn’t believe it when he heard Romney saying release taxes, especially this early. Romney didn’t do it until Sept. Said he released about 20 years of them and he wished he wouldn’t have done so, gave ammunition to his opponents (even though it was innocent).
Thought Christie’s endorsement was YUGE (he said as DT would say). Said Christie, as does Perry, Jindal, and he, realize that being President is an executive job.
I’ve read (and sometimes responded to) your various posts over a number of years and I really appreciate you - you seem to be very astute when it comes to politics.
I just want to make sure I understand the process for a name being placed in nomination at the convention.
I get that a candidate has to have 1,237 delegates.
I’m wondering about Rule 40:
“Officially, it’s Rule 40 in the RNC handbook and it states that any candidate for president “shall demonstrate the support of a majority of the delegates from each of eight (8) or more states” before their name is presented for nomination at the national convention.”
As I understand it, a majority is at least 50% - different than a plurality.
With the winner take all states, I think that would be rather evident that the candidate reached a majority. However, with these earlier states, it is not quite clear to me, though the candidates are racking up the number of delegates. Would you please let me know if my thinking on the below is correct re rule #40.
Iowa: Cruz got 1 more than Trump, therefore Cruz does not have a majority of this state, therefore it doesn’t count towards the 8 states needed.
NH: Trump got 11 and others got various of the 23 total, so this state does not count towards the 8 states
SC: Trump got all 50 delegates, so this state DOES count towards the 8 states needed.
NV: Trump got 14, Rubio got 7 and others got various of the 30 total, so this state does not count towards the 8 states
If my thoughts are correct on the above, then Trump would need 7 more states and 1,156 delegates(currently has 81 delegates). Is that correct?
What about the candidates that have dropped out. Can they assign their delegates to someone else prior to the convention, or do they have to wait until the convention?