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Gravik
03-07-2012, 02:27 PM
This kinda pisses me off. I don't know how I didn't think of this sooner, but it was brought to light in one of my classes today.

Idaho switching from an open primary to a caucus pretty much guaranteed Mitt Romney would win, because there would be no democrat and independent vote.

Here's how it went in 2008 Primary:

Ron Paul got ~29,000 votes.

2012 Caucus:

Ron Paul got ~5,900 votes


See the difference between Caucus and Primary? Heh, gotta love it when the Idaho Governor is protecting his good 'ol Buddy Mitt.
GregVernon
03-07-2012, 02:50 PM
I think Mitt would have been a favorite anyway. Idaho has a large LDS population and they're voting for him simply because he is LDS.
Gravik
03-07-2012, 02:53 PM
I think Mitt would have been a favorite anyway. Idaho has a large LDS population and they're voting for him simply because he is LDS.
True, but that extra democrat and independent vote could have really helped Paul.
parocks
03-07-2012, 02:55 PM
Same Day Registration in Idaho.
tsai3904
03-07-2012, 03:00 PM
The biggest problem was the voting procedure where you vote in rounds until someone captures more than 50% of the vote or until the final round with two candidates remaining. This hurt us tremendously because Ron Paul is not the second choice for many people.
mmadness
03-07-2012, 03:09 PM
We can win back all the delegates in Idaho.
2/3rds majority RP delegates at the State Convention. Check out 8:23:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcmlg7IkPRo
1836
03-07-2012, 03:17 PM
He said IF Ron Paul supporters make up 2/3 majority at the state convention, then they can suspend the rules and award the delegates to whomever they want.
Jeremy
03-07-2012, 03:18 PM
If it was a primary we'd have a much harder time getting delegates. That would be worse.
mmadness
03-07-2012, 03:19 PM
He said IF Ron Paul supporters make up 2/3 majority at the state convention, then they can suspend the rules and award the delegates to whomever they want.

I wonder if this is the same in other states. I have heard that in Nevada that the state convention could suspend the rules and send the delegation to the RNC unbound instead of proportionally bound to the straw vote.
GregVernon
03-07-2012, 03:36 PM
He said IF Ron Paul supporters make up 2/3 majority at the state convention, then they can suspend the rules and award the delegates to whomever they want.

Could we possibly form an alliance with Santorum/Gingrich supporter delegates to just unbind the delegates, assuming we don't have a full 66%?