Republican Virgin Islands Caucus results thread (11am-5pm ET)

[Erc]

Only the Yobs and the Eilons are contested; the other three delegates (Brady, Cole, and Logan) will be going to Cleveland regardless of the outcome of that court case.

[Lyin' Steve]

So if the first ballot is extremely close, a couple of nobodies from the Virgin Islands could provide the tiebreak and decide if the contention is contested or not?

[cinyc]

So if the first ballot is extremely close, a couple of nobodies from the Virgin Islands could provide the tiebreak and decide if the contention is contested or not?

Coupled with a bunch of nobodies from American Samoa, probably Guam and North Dakota plus 5 from Louisiana and any other state that provides for unpledged delegates, whether that be initially or after a losing candidate releases them.

[Pouring Rain and Blairing Music]

So if the first ballot is extremely close, a couple of nobodies from the Virgin Islands could provide the tiebreak and decide if the contention is contested or not?

Coupled with a bunch of nobodies from American Samoa, probably Guam and North Dakota plus 5 from Louisiana and any other state that provides for unpledged delegates, whether that be initially or after a losing candidate releases them.

I think Colorado and Wyoming have unbound delegates as well. (Wiki seems to disagree?)

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What the hell is this sh**t?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Who are the Yob family and why do some posters seem to have already known about them before tonight?

[Bacon King]

Who are the Yob family and why do some posters seem to have already known about them before tonight?

John Yob was the Rand Paul staffer that got punched by a Rubio staffer last year, if you remember that. He became infamous in the last few days after it became widely known that he moved down to the Virgin Islands with his wife and two friends, literally to get elected as RNC delegates

He recently wrote this book

[Erc]

So if the first ballot is extremely close, a couple of nobodies from the Virgin Islands could provide the tiebreak and decide if the contention is contested or not?

Coupled with a bunch of nobodies from American Samoa, probably Guam and North Dakota plus 5 from Louisiana and any other state that provides for unpledged delegates, whether that be initially or after a losing candidate releases them.

I think Colorado and Wyoming have unbound delegates as well. (Wiki seems to disagree?)

The delegate candidates in Colorado and Wyoming may pledge themselves to a candidate at some point during the local/State convention process, in which case they are bound.  Alternatively, they can run as Uncommitted.  Quite similar to the Virgin Islands process, in some sense.

We'll have a better idea of what to expect out of there this Saturday, when Wyoming elects 12 delegates at the County Conventions.

I give a full rundown of the possible unpledged delegates in this post from my megathread.

The largest pot is by far in Pennsylvania, which will have 54 completely uncommitted delegates.

[Landslide Lyndon]

And what happens if we reach the convention and this bloc of delegates (Colorado, Wyoming, VI, etc.) remain uncommited?
Will they be courted openly by the remaining candidates to vote for then or are they bound to remain neutral at least for the first ballot?

[ag]

And what happens if we reach the convention and this bloc of delegates (Colorado, Wyoming, VI, etc.) remain uncommited?
Will they be courted openly by the remaining candidates to vote for then or are they bound to remain neutral at least for the first ballot?

They can vote as they like.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Are they finally having sex or something atm?

Jealous?

[Inmate Trump]

Perhaps the Virgin Islands should be uncommitted to the United States.

Yeah honestly, this is pretty pathetic. Are the VI people jus completely ignorant of the political process or are they trying to make a mockery of it?

To be fair, Donald Trump has already made a mockery of American politics.

[hurricanehink]

Could other states follow their lead in the future? Vote for uncommitted to show how unsatisfied the GOP are with their candidates?

[Holmes]

Could other states follow their lead in the future? Vote for uncommitted to show how unsatisfied the GOP are with their candidates?

I think what helped here was how organized Yob and his team were, and the fact that it was a small caucus. It can happen again in small territory caucuses but that's it.

[Mr. Morden]

https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/708152035418312704

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[ProudModerate2]

https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/708152035418312704

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Sounds just like a gift I have received before.

[Crumpets]

So, Rachel Maddow just did a piece about the results of this caucus and quoted the chair of the VIGOP as calling his vice-chair a Nazi sympathizer and noted that apparently he's a convicted felon attempting to corruptly control the party and the islands' delegates. Has anyone heard about this or is it just a liberal TV conspiracy theory?

[Blue3]

So, Rachel Maddow just did a piece about the results of this caucus and quoted the chair of the VIGOP as calling his vice-chair a Nazi sympathizer and noted that apparently he's a convicted felon attempting to corruptly control the party and the islands' delegates. Has anyone heard about this or is it just a liberal TV conspiracy theory?

I think it's the first anyone ever heard of anything about the Virgin Islands' GOP.