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Question: ... in TX and NC for an Indy run as a pawn for a forced contested convention, to secure his GOP nomination ?
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Tender Branson
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« on: March 17, 2016, 03:56:26 PM »
See here:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=232443.0
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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Political Matrix
E: -6.06, S: -4.84
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2016, 04:08:12 PM »
Quote from: Runeghost on March 17, 2016, 04:05:39 PM
It's a dilemma for Trump with no good answers. He's already missed his shot at the best one: definitively win in the first half of the race.

If he doesn't start now, he'll have no good options if the GOP establishment screws him over at the convention. (Whatever his definition of that is.)

But if he does start, it gives those opposing him a potential tool to use to paint him as a liar, and would certainly be used as justification for denying him the nomination.

Maybe, but if he communicates the "pawn" message effectively, it could help him gain even more supporters in the coming primaries - pushing him closer to 50%+ delegates ...
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2016, 04:14:25 PM »
Quote from: The Unbearable Invicibility of Hillary Clinton on March 17, 2016, 04:11:24 PM
He should, but that would require actual organization, which he's not real big on.

Why would that be so hard for him to achieve ? Even candidates like Jill Stein managed to get on the TX ballot in 2012 ...
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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Political Matrix
E: -6.06, S: -4.84
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2016, 04:19:02 PM »
Quote from: Seneca on March 17, 2016, 04:15:12 PM
He won't be able to get on the ballot in Texas no matter what. See here: uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=232226.0

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Quote from: Seneca on March 14, 2016, 08:33:18 PM
Texas and South Dakota have "sore loser" laws which prohibit a candidate who has lost a major party's nomination for the presidency to run for president as an independent. Of 45 states with similar books on the laws, these are the only two states which appear to apply to presidential candidates. This takes 41 electoral votes out of play for Trump.

But that means he can still collect the signatures for TX until May 9, because the GOP convention is ... after that deadline. Which means Trump technically has not "lost" the GOP nomination yet at the time of the TX deadline.

Or does the "sore loser" law apply to the TX GOP primary results ?
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