gzt: Incorrect.

Thats clears it up. Clarify?

IIRC he needs 1200 odd seats or whatever the number was. Not 50%. If he fails to reach that boundary, its a decision by the party, not the voters

Ah, its is 50%, the 1237 needed. Ok

I think the rule is that if he gets over 50% before the convention, then the convention is a formality and backslapping publicity stunt.

If not, the delegates haggle & horse-trade to see which candidate they shift to. So, for example Marco Rubio's 171 (so far) delegates (if there are any) might agree to vote for Ted Cruz if he too decides to build a wall along the Mexican border, or for Trump if he agrees to appoint Rubio as Secretary of State and recants on punishing women who have abortions.

gzt: The republican party primary voters are voting to send delegates to a convention. Later on at a national level these delegates convene and vote for candidates. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the delegate votes, then the delegates are free to vote for whomever they choose.

This system made sense when delegates had to travel long distances to reach the national level and reconvening voters was a similar challenge.

The delegates make the decision, not repuplican primary voters, not the republican party national committee.

Thanks for that. I'd assume that with the primary voters, voting in a winner (highest votes) that if that winner got over 50% he/she IS the presidental candidate. As in a formality. Can they stop him still? Should the winner not reach 50%, the delegates decide? (I guess discussion, deals, vote) 

So, in this case, say the primary voters got Trump in over the 50%, the Delegates can still vote him out?

tdgeek: So, in this case, say the primary voters got Trump in over the 50%, the Delegates can still vote him out?

My understanding is yes. Say his 1237 Trump affiliated delegates go to the convention, then Trump tweets that his own delegates are imbeciles who would vote for a horse, then his delegates might get the hump and vote for somebody else.

https://gop.com/convention-facts/?convention_type=home

A candidate must win the votes of a majority of delegates to secure the nomination

It all depends on how strict the term "bound" is.

Most delegates will go to Convention “bound” to vote for a particular candidate, based on how their state or territory voted.

tdgeek:

gzt: The republican party primary voters are voting to send delegates to a convention. Later on at a national level these delegates convene and vote for candidates. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the delegate votes, then the delegates are free to vote for whomever they choose.

This system made sense when delegates had to travel long distances to reach the national level and reconvening voters was a similar challenge.

The delegates make the decision, not repuplican primary voters, not the republican party national committee.

 

Thanks for that. I'd assume that with the primary voters, voting in a winner (highest votes) that if that winner got over 50% he/she IS the presidental candidate. As in a formality. Can they stop him still? Should the winner not reach 50%, the delegates decide? (I guess discussion, deals, vote) 

So, in this case, say the primary voters got Trump in over the 50%, the Delegates can still vote him out?

roobarb:

tdgeek: So, in this case, say the primary voters got Trump in over the 50%, the Delegates can still vote him out?

My understanding is yes. Say his 1237 Trump affiliated delegates go to the convention, then Trump tweets that his own delegates are imbeciles who would vote for a horse, then his delegates might get the hump and vote for somebody else.

https://gop.com/convention-facts/?convention_type=home

A candidate must win the votes of a majority of delegates to secure the nomination

It all depends on how strict the term "bound" is.

Most delegates will go to Convention “bound” to vote for a particular candidate, based on how their state or territory voted.

 

 

Yay, Drumph loses. Yuck, Cruz wins.

Rikkitic: Yay, Drumph loses. Yuck, Cruz wins.

Trump and Cruz have basically the same political beliefs

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/12/ted-cruz-lesser-evil-to-donald-trump

"Neil Sroka, spokesman for the activist group Democracy for America, called them both “awful”, though “it’s a different kind of awful.”

The principle of electing Trump is worse, he added, but the end result might actually be better. “If Trump wins, America has really gone to hell, but he’s more malleable and such a narcissist that he might get deals done in any way he can,” he said."

"“Cruz, armed with a Republican House and Senate, could be like a rightwing demagogue we’ve never seen, worse than Ronald Reagan. He could be way more dangerous than Trump.”"

A good analysis of the whole Republican Convention thing... http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/11/republican-party-contested-convention-trump-cruz-rubio-delegates

wellygary:

 

Rikkitic: Yay, Drumph loses. Yuck, Cruz wins.

 

Trump and Cruz have basically the same political beliefs

 

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/12/ted-cruz-lesser-evil-to-donald-trump

 

"Neil Sroka, spokesman for the activist group Democracy for America, called them both “awful”, though “it’s a different kind of awful.”

 

The principle of electing Trump is worse, he added, but the end result might actually be better. “If Trump wins, America has really gone to hell, but he’s more malleable and such a narcissist that he might get deals done in any way he can,” he said."

 

"“Cruz, armed with a Republican House and Senate, could be like a rightwing demagogue we’ve never seen, worse than Ronald Reagan. He could be way more dangerous than Trump.”"

 

It's weird - Cruz is not electable as a President. Republicans don't want Trump, yet he is the best chance at steamrolling Hillary .... Kasich?

frankv:

 

A good analysis of the whole Republican Convention thing... http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/11/republican-party-contested-convention-trump-cruz-rubio-delegates

 

 

 

Haven't read your link yet - I heard the Republicans are trying to retain the House, and rebuild from there, if they deny Trump. Because there is no hope of Presidency without Trump.

I'm just waiting for Trump to use a certain racial epithet that rhymes with trigger. That'll sink him for good.

DarthKermit:

 

I'm just waiting for Trump to use a certain racial epithet that rhymes with trigger. That'll sink him for good.

 

That could work. It appears that the tv interview show faculty is out there to bait and catch him, and he seems to fall for them every time ... fingers crossed ...