Idaho Caucus Guaranteed Romney Win

[Gravik]

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]

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]

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]

Same Day Registration in Idaho.

 

[tsai3904]

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]

We can win back all the delegates in Idaho.
2/3rds majority RP delegates at the State Convention. Check out 8:23:

 

[1836]

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]

If it was a primary we'd have a much harder time getting delegates. That would be worse.

 

[mmadness]

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]

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%?