Quote:Very good question.  In the case of Rubio, he didn't really "drop out" he "suspended" his candidacy.  By doing that, the delegates that he holds are bound to him in the first round of voting at the convention.  The same goes for the few delegates that have effectively ended their run (Bush, Fiorina, Carson, etc.).  After the first round of voting, if there is no winner, then those delegates are free to vote for whomever.  If he did actually "drop out" completely, then those delegates would be free to vote for any candidate in the first round of voting in the convention.  I hope that makes sense.

 

With Kasich still in the race, he still siphons off delegates from others and specifically Trump.  That's pretty much what is forcing the brokered convention at this point.


 

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Let me make this clear for you and others.  The primary election is all about selecting a candidate that is voted on during their respective parties convention.  While yes, you are voting for a particular candidate, what you are really voting for is the delegate selection and how they should vote.

 

Contrary to popular belief, we don't have a true democracy here.  We have a representative form of government.

 

Just wait until the general election when people find out about how the Electoral College works.

 

In the United States' politics, a <b>brokered convention</b>, closely related to but not quite the same as a contested <b>convention</b>, either of which is sometimes referred to as an open <b>convention</b>, is a situation in which no single candidate has secured a majority of delegates (whether those selected by primary elections and ...

 

How it was explained to me is that a Brokered Convention (not likely) is done by the leaders of the GOP where as a contested convention is when no particular candidate has enough delegates to win out right so they can vote for whomever they want (usually bribed).

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