Learn the process. We are NOT a democracy, we are a republic, and the Republicans model their nomination process after the republic process, election of representatives.
Lincoln won on the 3rd, almost 4th, ballot by the way...
| Presidential Ballot | |||||
| Nominee | Home State | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd "corrected" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William H. Seward | New York | 173.5 | 184.5 | 180 | 111.5 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Illinois | 102 | 181 | 231.5 | 349 |
| Simon Cameron | Pennsylvania | 50.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Salmon P. Chase | Ohio | 49 | 42.5 | 24.5 | 2 |
| Edward Bates | Missouri | 48 | 35 | 22 | 0 |
| William L. Dayton | New Jersey | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| John McLean | Ohio | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Jacob Collamer | Vermont | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Benjamin F. Wade | Ohio | 3 | 0 | - | - |
| John M. Read | Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| Charles Sumner | Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| John C. Fremont | California | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| Cassius M. Clay | Kentucky | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Bad analogy with 1860. They didn’t even have primaries or caucuses until the 1900s and even then, it wasn’t until the modern era that they played a major role.
Apples and Oranges.
However, Cruz would love the old system of nominating presidential candidates - when reg’lar folk didn’t have a say and decisions were made in smoky back rooms.
I knew you’ll try to use the republic excuse. If only that was true. We don’t have representatives that represent the people though. That’s like a dictator claiming they’re a republic because representatives that were never elected picked him
Wrong, dumb@ss. We're a democratic republic.
We have a representative government, NOT A REPRESENTATIVE VOTE.
1860.
Who voted? I would say we have a starkly different electorate now and different expectations of transparency.
Even more so than 1952.
No amount of rationalization would normalize such a result by today’s standards. None.
Good Luck GOP; aka The Stupid Party