"Winner take all" killed us. We need to kill that GOP policy.
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Where did that come from?
That makes no sense.
Explain your complaint about winner take all then. How exactly has it effected Ron Paul's delegate count in any way? Romney is the one that has been completely screwed out of delegates in 8 states now I believe.
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I'm guessing he was talking about the MSM's "two-person race". Romney should have an incredibly higher amount of delegates then he gets due to this winner take all policy. He loses more then Ron, but Ron has really been hurt in terms of delegate numbers due to this as well...
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We took 2nd in Montana but won't gain any delegates from it.
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We came in second in Montana, which is winner take all.
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I've posted this before, but I think the plurality voting first-past-the-post system is what has really screwed us over, as it makes the "he can't win" mentality oh so tempting. I recognize that other voting systems have their inherent flaws as well, but some flaws are more severe than others. I'd really like to see what would happen if instant-runoff voting became more prevalent. Once people understand how it works, and thus vote accordingly, it completely nullifies the "can't win" notion.
Okay, that's 6 delegates. I'm still sure Mitt is a bit more miffed over 250 or so he's been blocked from receiving.
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Well we did get 2nd.
Romney got hurt but it , but come on we just need a consistent system. How hard is that ?
Thought I must say Romney must be throwing a few beer bottles at his TV tonight, he prolly would be right in the hunt if republicans worked on the democratic syste.
Like it or not, McCain has it locked up winning all the big states , I dont know what Ron Paul is going to do now , but I think he should create a 3rd party as we need his message to be heard
Thought I must say Romney must be throwing a few beer bottles at his TV tonight, he prolly would be right in the hunt if republicans worked on the democratic syste.
Like it or not, McCain has it locked up winning all the big states , I dont know what Ron Paul is going to do now , but I think he should create a 3rd party as we need his message to be heard
So states have a right to self-govern, except when it doesn't benefit us, then it all needs to be controlled by the federal?
No what I am saying people in the state have a right to be heard. Look what happened in West Virginia , the most popular republican guy in their state is not even getting any representation. Now how is that democratic ?
A republic with democratic values. I mean comeon all I am saying is why cant we just have a fair system which everyone can understand.
I mean look at the mess in LA and W.VA
Winner take all was really our only chance to win. Since Ron Paul's anti-war views are shared by only 30% of Republicans, his upside was probably around 30% (if the media treated him fairly, and if voters viewed him as a viable candidate.)
That could have been enough to win in some states, and we would have all been cheering the winner take all policy then....
That could have been enough to win in some states, and we would have all been cheering the winner take all policy then....
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