Questions tagged [republican-primary]
Questions related to the primary process for the Republican Party. Use with the [united-states] tag. Do not use for general primary questions, use [primaries] instead.
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Why was Trump winning the 2016 election, when I know so few people who admit to voting for him?
I am a well educated Republican, of generally conservative views. Pretty much every day I see and hear people talk about how poor of a candidate Donald Trump is. But he's winning primary after primary,...
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Is Donald Trump officially the Republican nominee [as of May 7th]?
Googling the phrase 2016 primaries indicates that Donald Trump is the "likely Republican presidential nominee" (emphasis mine).
While Donald Trump needs 1237 delegates to secure the nomination, he ...
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On what legal basis do state governments regulate party primaries?
In all likelihood, I'm misunderstanding something greatly here, so I'm hoping for some clear correction:
It seems to me like the Republican and Democratic parties in the USA are private-ish entities. ...
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Is the Republican Party forced to support whoever wins the presidential primary?
Is the Republican Party forced to support the winner of the presidential primary, or can they choose to support another candidate, for example because that candidate is more in line with the party's ...
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Why did Ted Cruz drop out of the 2016 Republican primary?
According to Google, here is the latest Republican delegate count (as of May 6, 2016):
Obviously, Cruz does not have a mathematical chance to obtain the 1,237 delegates needed for the nomination. ...
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Has any respected conservative/libertarian/Republican writer, speaker, or officeholder in any way endorsed Donald Trump as a serious candidate?
With the starting electoral debate for the 2016 USA elections Donald Trump has been high on the news. He's made many controversial statements and defies many standards of what would expected from a ...
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Does the GOP actually have a formal 'neutrality policy' that this unnamed RNC official describes?
This answer to Why would a former US president's announcement of a reelection bid cut off legal defense funds? in toto:
From the July 28, 2022 Yahoo article, by Cheryl Teh, The RNC has been helping ...
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Why did Nikki Haley continue in the race for Republican nomination for so long?
In the ongoing race to select the Republican Party nominee, Nikki Haley has lost every primary and caucus but one. That was the District of Columbia Republican primary, which she won with 62% of the ...
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If all of Trump's opponents drop out and then the supreme Court rules he is ineligible who becomes the nominee?
With the results coming out of Iowa, many are predicting that Desantis and Haley will drop out within the next few weeks.
If this happens and then say at a later point, the supreme Court rules that ...
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Debate-related statement GOP says every US Republican presidential candidate must sign; what does it say & what happens if they don't sign or comply?
The Guardian's April 14 2022 Republican party withdraws from US Commission on Presidential Debates begins:
The Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to withdraw from the ...
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What if no Republican candidate gets a majority of delegates for president?
I saw on Wikipedia when I was looking at the 2024 Republican Party primaries that one of the rules is to receive an outright majority of the votes cast by delegates at the national convention.
What ...
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Why was the primary for the NY-3 district canceled, allowing George Santos to run as a Republican uncontested?
According to Ballotpedia:
The Republican primary election was canceled. George Devolder-Santos advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 3.
Why was it canceled? Did no ...
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Why did Trump in 2016 win all 50 delegates in South Carolina?
Why did Trump win all 50 delegates in South Carolina?
I understood that none of the primaries so far were winner takes all, and yet Trump took all 50 delegates with around 35% of the vote. How?
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Can Liz Cheney run as an independent in the general election?
Liz Cheney has lost her primary race to be re-nominated for her seat as Wyoming’s representative in the House. Harriet Hageman, a pro-Trump candidate, will be the Republican nominee in November.
All ...
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Can Ted Cruz and John Kasich still win delegates in upcoming 2016 state primaries?
Ted Cruz and John Kasich, like many Republican candidates before them, have suspended their presidential campaigns this week.
I'm curious about the upcoming state primaries. Will they still be on ...
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