So we should have OPEN primaries where non-Republicans can come in and decide who the RNC nominee is?
That is obviously wrong and is a civil rights violation.
Republicans should be able to have procedures for selecting THEIR nominee for a GENERAL election later.
Democrats and independents should not be able to choose two democrats to run for the general election in November.
With all due respect that is exactly what is happening and is exactly what many Trump supporters are calling for.
It is event said that this makes Trump more competitive in the general because he has more democrats behind him.
That is frankly ridiculous. Why shouldn’t minority viewpoints like the conservatives be able to have caucus process for influencing the broader election and possibly selecting a nominee who will then be tested in a popular election ?
If Bernie ran for the RNC nominee and somehow won popular votes would you really say that is fair?
I didn’t address open primaries at all - just the straightforwardness of winner-take-all and winner-take-most primaries.
I also mentioned that Trump has received far more votes than Cruz.
You chose not to answer those points, but I shall answer yours:
For the record, I am AGAINST open primaries. I absolutely agree with you that only Republicans should choose the Republican nominee. I think that you should have to be a registered Republican (or Dem, for their primaries) for at least 6 months before the primary in order to vote in it.
My ideal primary system is ALL primaries, ALL either winner-take-all or winner take most, and ALL closed. I don’t think that I’ll live long enough to see the GOPe allow such a thing to happen, though (I’d have to be at least several hundred years old to see such an event, assuming that there’s even a Republican Party at that point).