Why is it a failure for the RNC? The people have spoken. Republican voters have ridiculous expectations of what conservative politicians can accomplish. They can't understand that half the country doesn't agree with conservative ideas, so they threw a temper tantrum.



I want top Republicans to endorse him so that when he loses the moronic Republican voters don't have a boogeyman(the establishment) to blame.

So the vote count isn't up for Republicans? Regardless of what bullshit they're spouting the Republicans at large will back Trump after the Primary. The RNC is already telling anti-trumpers to get the fuck out of the way.

According to opponents only white males vote Republican and Republican primary turnout is up as high as 90% in states like Ohio.

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I have no idea why trump supporters of all people are talking about rinos tbh

The goal of a political party isn't always necessarily to pick the candidate who receives the most votes and is the most popular (I know, it's not always a democratic process).

The goal of a political part is to put forth a nominee that gives them the best chance to win and who represent's their as much of their party's platform as possible. Trump is/does neither of those things.

So yes, when you consider what a political party functions to do and the fact that they have been actively trying to nominate anyone else other than Trump, the RNC has certainly failed.

"I will vote for Hillary because fuck Trump, that orange fucker didn't wait in line!!! iJeb! was next up!!!"
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When you say someone fails, you are implying they could have done it differently to succeed. What could the RNC have done differently? The voters pick the candidate, not the RNC.

I disagree.

They actively tried to prevent someone that apparently only the minority disagree with. The majority of the party voted for Trump. Which is by definition, representing as much of the party as possible. I think he fits fairly well within their platform as well, and is pretty flexible and willing to come to a compromise on a lot of issues.

Now you're talking about something different, the Republican primary vote total, instead of just "the people who are voting for one person." (Trump)

This is the exact problem that Trump supporters have had that has caused them to misunderstand/exaggerate his level of support: they see the total vote for the party and assume all the raw votes are supportive of Republican policies/candidates, but they don't understand that people have been deliberately crossing over into the Republican primary to vote specifically against Trump. Those people helped set high Republican turnout in some states during the primary, and they're going to turn around in November and vote against Trump again. Yes most Republican voters will eventually come around because they always do, but they're the only ones who will.

This is one of the reasons why primary turnout has never been predictive of the eventual November outcome dating back to 1972.

If thats true, it implies that there are less republicans actually against trump, does it not? Unless by cross over you aren't meaning democrats and merely meaning typical non voters.

This post was edited by Mangix on May 5 2016 01:05pm