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De Civitate’s Delegate Loyalty Tracker

by James J Heaney Posted on 14 April 2016

UPDATE 10 MAY 2016: In light of Trump’s presumptive nomination, Saturday’s delegate results (which were basically “Everything’s Coming Up Trump”), and the fact that it has become even harder to track delegate loyalties now that there’s only one candidate in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Horse Race, Politics | Tagged contested convention, convention, delegate loyalty, gop, tracker | 3 Comments

Conventional Chaos, Part 3: The Republican Rulebook

by James J Heaney Posted on 13 April 2016

I have a lot of friends who are asking a lot of questions about brokered conventions these days. In this series, Conventional Chaos, I’ll be explaining how a Republican party convention works… and why 2016’s convention could be very different from the dull … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Politics | Tagged bringing sexy back, brokered convention, convention, Convention Committee on Rules and Order of Business, convention rules, conventional chaos, coronation, gop, Ja Rule, Revenge of John Boehner's Teleprompter, Rules, Rules fight, Standing Committee on Rules | 1 Comment

Conventional Chaos, Part 2: Delegated Disloyalty

by James J Heaney Posted on 24 March 2016

I have a lot of friends who are asking a lot of questions about brokered conventions these days. In this series, Conventional Chaos, I’ll be explaining how a Republican party convention works… and why 2016’s convention could be very different from the dull … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Politics | Tagged bringing sexy back, brokered convention, convention, conventional chaos, coronation, gop, KasichOutNow | 1 Comment

The De Civitate Poor Man’s Stop-Trump Delegate Tracker

by James J Heaney Posted on 14 March 2016

Skip To: May 3 | April 26 | April 19 | April 6 | March 22 | March 15 | March 12 | March 8 | March 6 | March 1 A few weeks ago, I wrote a fairly popular post, “Trump’s Delegate … Continue reading →

Posted in Horse Race | Tagged #NeverTrump, #StopTrump, brokered convention, clinch, convention, delegates, March 15th | 4 Comments

Conventional Chaos, Part 1: The View From 10,000 Feet

by James J Heaney Posted on 7 March 2016

I have a lot of friends who are asking a lot of questions about brokered conventions these days. In this series, Conventional Chaos, I’ll be explaining how a Republican party convention works… and why 2016’s convention could be very different from the dull … Continue reading →

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