Posted on Mar 16, 2016
Voters don't pick nominee, we do: GOP official
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RP Members what do you think? A lot of rules that people don't understand!
Political parties, not voters, choose their presidential nominees, a Republican convention rules member told CNBC, a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump rolled up more big primary victories.
"The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination. That's the conflict here," Curly Haugland, an unbound GOP delegate from North Dakota, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday. He even questioned why primaries and caucuses are held.
Haugland is one of 112 Republican delegates who are not required to cast their support for any one candidate because their states and territories don't hold primaries or caucuses.
Even with Trump's huge projected delegate haul in four state primaries Tuesday, the odds are increasing the billionaire businessman may not ultimately get the 1,237 delegates needed to claim the GOP nomination before the convention.
Political parties, not voters, choose their presidential nominees, a Republican convention rules member told CNBC, a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump rolled up more big primary victories.
"The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination. That's the conflict here," Curly Haugland, an unbound GOP delegate from North Dakota, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday. He even questioned why primaries and caucuses are held.
Haugland is one of 112 Republican delegates who are not required to cast their support for any one candidate because their states and territories don't hold primaries or caucuses.
Even with Trump's huge projected delegate haul in four state primaries Tuesday, the odds are increasing the billionaire businessman may not ultimately get the 1,237 delegates needed to claim the GOP nomination before the convention.
Voters don't pick nominee, we do: GOP official
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs if the voters choose Donald Trump, and the Party chooses someone else, the party will lose the White House. Trump will run independent based on his following. Meaning the Republican infighting bequeaths the presidency to the Democrat nominee.
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Sgt John Koliha
PO3 Steven Sherrill - Neat idea.
If my reading of the Constitution is right, if no one gets a majority, the election is thrown into the House of Representatives for selection of the President and the Senate will pick the VEEP.
Kinda' messy to my way of thinking.
If my reading of the Constitution is right, if no one gets a majority, the election is thrown into the House of Representatives for selection of the President and the Senate will pick the VEEP.
Kinda' messy to my way of thinking.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs - I just remember conventions when there was movements to draft someone other than those who were running.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill - I just remember conventions when there was movements to draft someone other than those who were running. That said it almost always at least starts with the results of the primaries being the path to follow.
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CW4 Guy Butler
Sgt John Koliha That's after the electoral college votes after the general election in November. Has absolutely nothing to do with the party convention and nominating process.
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I remember some discussion I got before I head over to Guam ... ... Someone said Republican party is different than Democratic party.
Well ... ... looks like they are not much different from each other.
Well ... ... looks like they are not much different from each other.
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Not as different as you think. The Democrats too pick the candidate, and, it is possible to be someone who was never even running. Not likely, but possible. Oooops, misread you post PO3 (Join to see)
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