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Last night and again today, lots of the talking heads on the news shows repeated the line we have heard more and more and more of over the past two weeks: if Trump does not win on the first ballot - even if he comes very close - he will lose lots of votes on the second ballot and then cannot win.
Now in 1972 I was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Miami and was pledged to George McGovern on the first ballot. And if he went more than that - which it did not - I never would have switched to one of his opposition.
Question: why would a pledged Trump delegate quickly switch to Cruz or somebody else if the first ballot falls short rather than sticking with their man to the end?
Now in 1972 I was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Miami and was pledged to George McGovern on the first ballot. And if he went more than that - which it did not - I never would have switched to one of his opposition.
Question: why would a pledged Trump delegate quickly switch to Cruz or somebody else if the first ballot falls short rather than sticking with their man to the end?