Posted on 03/24/2016 6:40:12 PM PDT by JonPreston
It’s not winner-take-all. It’s not winner-take-most. It’s not even proportional.
The vast majority of Pennsylvania’s Republican delegates are technically “unbound” or “uncommitted.”
Used to be they all were, but this year party rules changed slightly, making 14 “at large” delegates bound to vote for the winner of the PA Primary, but on the first ballot only.
There are also three “automatic” delegate slots for the state party chairman (Rob Gleason), the National Committeeman (Bob Asher) and National Committeewoman (Christine Toretti).
The remaining 54 delegates, elected by Republican primary voters in each of Pennsylvania’s 18 congressional districts (three per district) remain legally “uncommitted.”
They are not bound to vote for any particular candidate and are free to exercise their own judgment in selecting a nominee.
That means there is no guarantee – whatsoever – that the majority of Pennsylvania’s delegates will go with the winner of the Pennsylvania primary.
In short, Donald Trump could win the popular vote in Pennsylvania but lack the organizational infrastructure to fill a slate of delegates who support his candidacy.
- Salena Zito
szito@tribweb.com
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Ain't that the truth ! Trump unmasked them all! The jig is up, that's for sure!
When they decided to screw over Trump they didn’t know we’d all be screaming about it... I had no idea how far the political parties had moved in the direction of denying the power of the vote to the people.
They stacked the deck for the insiders... I never saw it coming..
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