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In reply to the discussion: LA Times breaking news: Trump must release taxes to be on ballot. [View all]Fiendish Thingy
(15,843 posts)37. According Wikipedia he won 1441, just 200 delegates over the threshold to win the nomination
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries
18 states are considering similar laws to California's, including Washington, New York and Illinois.
If these laws had been in place in 2016, Trump would not have been the nominee, as not being on the ballot in just California (172 delegates) and Washington(44 delegates) (both winner take all delegates states),along with New York (89 delegates to Trump), he would have fallen short of the threshold to clinch the nomination, which would at least have forced a contested convention with no clear nominee, unless voters voted for their second choice, in which case another candidate would have won the nomination.
As Joe would say, this is potentially a BIG fuckin' deal.
18 states are considering similar laws to California's, including Washington, New York and Illinois.
If these laws had been in place in 2016, Trump would not have been the nominee, as not being on the ballot in just California (172 delegates) and Washington(44 delegates) (both winner take all delegates states),along with New York (89 delegates to Trump), he would have fallen short of the threshold to clinch the nomination, which would at least have forced a contested convention with no clear nominee, unless voters voted for their second choice, in which case another candidate would have won the nomination.
As Joe would say, this is potentially a BIG fuckin' deal.
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LA Times breaking news: Trump must release taxes to be on ballot. [View all]
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2019
OP
Under state law, the winner of the nomination automatically has a place on the ballot
onenote
Jul 2019
#40
Oops! Moscow Mitch says that too! They maybe should've thought that one through...
lagomorph777
Jul 2019
#23
Chump still gets on the general election ballot, this is for the primary only
FakeNoose
Jul 2019
#16
According Wikipedia he won 1441, just 200 delegates over the threshold to win the nomination
Fiendish Thingy
Jul 2019
#37
This is not necessarily true. States don't decide how parties choose delegates.
tritsofme
Aug 2019
#44