GOP official: The party chooses the nominee, not the voters

[Satan]

They do too exist! Ford told me so. They're evil and all powerful and they blew up the World Trade Center with magic explosives and they hate puppies.

Well, that last part is definitely true....



...poor Barney.

[Seshmeister]

In Europe often there are no primaries and it is party members that choose candidates but the big differences is that the US has become a 2 party system with massive barriers to entry for anyone else whereas most other Western countries have multiple parties sharing power through some sort of PR system. The UK is one of the only others in the world outside the US to have first past the post but it is at least multi party to a degree.

This election having basically 2 independants run but under the Democrat and Republican flag.

The scary thing is what happens in 2020 if they are blocked this time...?

[twonabomber]

"The political parties choose their nominees, not the general public, contrary to popular belief," he added.

The RNC's last two picks sucked. Maybe letting the voters decide isn't a bad idea.

[jacksmar]

Are Americans not angry about this?

I hear the vote in Colorado was stopped basically to stop Trump winning it. I know people kind of knew the system was rotten but this is going to shine a light on both of the parties.

Really? Shine the light of freedom, so to speak?

What do you call 15% of delegates unbound to a candidate on the dem side?

Name one of these unbound delegates.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/995d2af606294d8bb1c60ea3630ec893/things-know-about-delegates-stake-iowa-caucuses

Each state has a different process. But the convention itself is open. One more time: the convention is open.
One more time: the convention is open.

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

One more time: the convention is open.