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    Quote Originally Posted by davsel View Post
    And you see no problem with the candidate who has by far the most popular votes not getting the nomination?
    Just because you don't like the guy doesn't mean he isn't getting screwed by the system (RNC/GOPe)
    Question: Imagine we're going into the convention with 10 candidates. Eight of them have 10% of the vote, one has 9%, and the last has 11%. Should the last guy get the nod because he has the most votes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RblDiver View Post
    Question: Imagine we're going into the convention with 10 candidates. Eight of them have 10% of the vote, one has 9%, and the last has 11%. Should the last guy get the nod because he has the most votes?
    I'm not going to speculate on the results of a hypothetical involving unrealistic factors.

    Imagine we're going into the convention with 3 candidates. one has 60% of the vote, one has 30%, and the last has 10%. Yes, the first guy should get the nomination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davsel View Post
    I'm not going to speculate on the results of a hypothetical involving unrealistic factors.

    Imagine we're going into the convention with 3 candidates. one has 60% of the vote, one has 30%, and the last has 10%. Yes, the first guy should get the nomination.
    New York City has 8.55 million people. Colorado has 5.5 million. Do you want one single city to have more weight than an entire state?

    Also, that "I'm not going to speculate on the results of a hypothetical involving unrealistic factors" shows how weak your argument is. The rules are there for a reason. You have to set a cutoff. In this case, the cutoff is 50% of the delegates, period, full stop. You don't have 50? You don't win. Period, full stop.
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