@sinkspur You said, "...Here are the facts about delegates to the Republican National Convention and efforts to bind their vote according to primary results or instructions from their state party."
I have posted this before on TOS some year or years before. Perhaps it will help all of you to know what happens in reality. Let's go back to 2012 when Ron Paul was creating havoc with the national party, but the national party is connected to state parties - like the ankle bone is connected to the leg bone.
I attended Texas state conventions for ten years. I knew the "higher ups" in the state party during those years, one extremely well. So, here we are that year and Ron Paul was a mess, his people taking over some Texas county conventions completely and electing all Paul people as delegates to the state convention, hoping to get them all elected to the national convention. When we got to the state convention, the higher up person I knew asked me to find Paul delegates so we wouldn't elect them to the national convention.
I found a way to do that. I discovered they were all young men, dressed in suits and carrying brief cases with serious looks on their faces. Now, those of us who had been to conventions a long time, knew the weather in Texas at that time was HOT. We all wore comfortable clothes and comfortable shoes for all the walking. Those young men stood out like a sore thumb. We did not elect them to the national convention.
Thinking of the national convention, I asked this higher up person how they "made" the delegates stick to voting for the person to which they were bound - how could they be sure that person would vote for that delegate? The answer was simple, If a delegate did not vote for the delegate to which they were bound, THEY WOULD NEVER BE SELECTED A DELEGATE AGAIN - they would be, in reality, ex-communicated from the party as they would never be selected for any committee or shown any preference ever again.
See, it comes down to personal interaction between people. There was no written rule in dealing with delegates who "disappointed" the higher ups, but there was an understanding you would be an outsider from then on if you did not perform as expected.
This understanding will be in the minds of the delegates, what they are expected to do for their state party. Their reputation is on the line with their state party. Would you go against your state party and do your own thing, knowing you would never be a delegate again, you would be the black sheep in your party?
Now, if you ask me that question, I think Trump is so detestable/mentally unfit, so totally unfit for that position and he would destroy this country, I would vote for someone else and lose my standing in the party. My soul would not allow me to vote for him. If delegates want to stay an "in" person, they will go with what the party tells them is their duty, rather than considering the future of the country.
Last night, I saw the Fox film of our founding fathers going against the country of England, and signing the Declaration of Independence, which sealed their deaths if they lost the war of independence. I thought of the delegates and what they will do or not do for the country in a few days. I think we need to pray, and I do mean pray, the delegates will consider how important their vote is for the future of the country.
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