the 2016 race for the Republican Party’s
presidential nomination is one of the
closest in history and could inspire the
first contested convention of the 21st
century welcome to watchmojo.com
in this installment we’re counting down
five facts you should know about the
contested Republican nomination process
number five what is the Republican
National Convention the Republican
National Convention is held whenever
there’s an upcoming US presidential
election in order to nominate an
official republican candidate to run for
the White House and to establish the
party platform rules and values for the
forthcoming campaign the Democrats
staged a similar event for their party
usually around the same time as the
Republicans in 2016 the RNC will take
place at Quicken Loans Arena in
Cleveland Ohio the home of the Cleveland
Cavaliers from July 18th to the 21st
while on some occasions the outcome of
the convention is almost a foregone
conclusion due to the strength of
support for one candidate in particular
2016 is set to be one of the most hotly
contested and potentially controversial
conventions ever number four who are the
major Republican candidates for
nomination as of late March 2016 there
were three major Republican candidates
heading to the 2016 convention after a
series of high profile dropouts
including Jeb Bush ben Carson and Marco
Rubio canadian-born Ted Cruz edged the
Iowa caucuses and was an early favorite
to secure the candidacy while Ohio
Governor John Kasich kept his seemingly
slim hopes of nomination alive with a
primary win in his home state of Ohio
however the campaign of business mogul
Donald Trump has generated the most
media coverage and debate I am
officially running
for President of the United States
Trump’s brash policies Donald J Trump is
calling for a total and complete
shutdown of Muslims entering the United
States unconventional manner and disdain
for political correctness have earned
him international headlines and
significant support I don’t frankly have
time for total political correctness his
views have divided voters and to some
extent the Republican Party itself if we
Republicans choose Donald Trump as our
nominee the prospect for a safe and
prosperous future are greatly diminished
number three what happens if Donald
Trump does not get enough delegates
ahead of everybody I don’t think you can
say that we don’t get it automatically I
think it would be I think you’d have
riots for all of trumps growing support
however he must acquire over 50% of
Delegates at the RNC
that’s 1237 of 2472 to run as the
Republican candidate however many
Republican leaders have made a concerted
effort to derail his nomination what was
proposed yesterday is not what this
party stands for and more importantly
it’s not what this country stands for
this anti Trump campaign would
ultimately offer an independent nominee
in the general election one with more
traditional Republican held values in
the hopes of blocking Trump this is no
longer about trying to beat Trump it’s
just simply to deny Trump a majority of
the delegates before the convention
right
however by late March 2016 Trump had
already assumed a commanding lead
amassing 678 delegates to Cruz’s 423 but
that’s still just a little over halfway
to an outright win if a candidate fails
to secure a majority of Delegates which
is an increasing possibility in 2016 the
Republicans will head to what’s known as
a brokered or contested convention this
is the situation where after all
delegates including the 112 that are
unbound by voting primaries and caucuses
partake in a first ballot and are unable
to find a winner
a second round of balloting and suits
for the 2016 convention specifically due
to the RNC’s rule 40 only candidates
with signatures of support from the
delegate majority of eight or more
states are even eligible to get the
nomination though it can be argued that
this technically wasn’t a real brokered
situation the last so-called contested
convention happened in 1976 when Gerald
Ford defeated Ronald Reagan in the first
round of voting number two what happens
if the convention is brokered if the
first ballot doesn’t result in any one
candidate receiving a delegate majority
then a brokered convention ensues any
time you hear someone talking about a
brokered convention it is the Washington
establishment in a fevered frenzy at
this point the whole process becomes
even less predictable as all delegates
are no longer necessarily tied to their
original candidate and are free to vote
for whomever they want your guy is
definitely going to lose why don’t you
join the winning team as every delegate
can be persuaded to change his or her
vote it means that a previous leader may
end up an eventual loser
we have losers we have losers the rounds
of voting continue until a delegate
majority is gained even if that means
multiple ballots when it comes to the
Democrats the last brokered convention
took place in 1952 when no one won the
nomination after the first floor ballot
meanwhile the most recent Republican
convention that could officially be
considered brokered was held in 1948 and
was settled after three ballots in 1880
it took the RNC 35 ballots to determine
a winner which was eventual President
James a Garfield number one who will win
the Republican nomination so if the
Republicans do try somehow to steal the
nomination from Trump the question
becomes who do they hand it to the fact
that a brokered convention is a real
possibility is indicative of how close
the 2016 Republican nomination race is
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have emerged
as the strongest candidates throughout
the primaries but if neither secures the
magic 1237 majority then their initial
dominance
have little effect in the next few
months we could very well see one of our
two major political parties ripped apart
by internal divisions John Kasich may
enter back into the running in Cleveland
as could other figures that had
previously dropped out or even declined
to run in the first place all of a
sudden he’s saying publicly what has
been rumored I guess for a while that
he’s seriously thinking of running for
president of the United States a
brokered convention could result in a
voting free-for-all and an outcome
that’s difficult to predict there’s no
question that there would be a lot of
turmoil if the establishment tries to
thwart the will of the people if it does
come down to multiple votes however the
Republicans will hope for a rare spot in
history the last American president
produced by a brokered convention was
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 did
these facts get you thinking to vote for
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presidential nomination is one of the
closest in history and could inspire the
first contested convention of the 21st
century welcome to watchmojo.com
in this installment we’re counting down
five facts you should know about the
contested Republican nomination process
number five what is the Republican
National Convention the Republican
National Convention is held whenever
there’s an upcoming US presidential
election in order to nominate an
official republican candidate to run for
the White House and to establish the
party platform rules and values for the
forthcoming campaign the Democrats
staged a similar event for their party
usually around the same time as the
Republicans in 2016 the RNC will take
place at Quicken Loans Arena in
Cleveland Ohio the home of the Cleveland
Cavaliers from July 18th to the 21st
while on some occasions the outcome of
the convention is almost a foregone
conclusion due to the strength of
support for one candidate in particular
2016 is set to be one of the most hotly
contested and potentially controversial
conventions ever number four who are the
major Republican candidates for
nomination as of late March 2016 there
were three major Republican candidates
heading to the 2016 convention after a
series of high profile dropouts
including Jeb Bush ben Carson and Marco
Rubio canadian-born Ted Cruz edged the
Iowa caucuses and was an early favorite
to secure the candidacy while Ohio
Governor John Kasich kept his seemingly
slim hopes of nomination alive with a
primary win in his home state of Ohio
however the campaign of business mogul
Donald Trump has generated the most
media coverage and debate I am
officially running
for President of the United States
Trump’s brash policies Donald J Trump is
calling for a total and complete
shutdown of Muslims entering the United
States unconventional manner and disdain
for political correctness have earned
him international headlines and
significant support I don’t frankly have
time for total political correctness his
views have divided voters and to some
extent the Republican Party itself if we
Republicans choose Donald Trump as our
nominee the prospect for a safe and
prosperous future are greatly diminished
number three what happens if Donald
Trump does not get enough delegates
ahead of everybody I don’t think you can
say that we don’t get it automatically I
think it would be I think you’d have
riots for all of trumps growing support
however he must acquire over 50% of
Delegates at the RNC
that’s 1237 of 2472 to run as the
Republican candidate however many
Republican leaders have made a concerted
effort to derail his nomination what was
proposed yesterday is not what this
party stands for and more importantly
it’s not what this country stands for
this anti Trump campaign would
ultimately offer an independent nominee
in the general election one with more
traditional Republican held values in
the hopes of blocking Trump this is no
longer about trying to beat Trump it’s
just simply to deny Trump a majority of
the delegates before the convention
right
however by late March 2016 Trump had
already assumed a commanding lead
amassing 678 delegates to Cruz’s 423 but
that’s still just a little over halfway
to an outright win if a candidate fails
to secure a majority of Delegates which
is an increasing possibility in 2016 the
Republicans will head to what’s known as
a brokered or contested convention this
is the situation where after all
delegates including the 112 that are
unbound by voting primaries and caucuses
partake in a first ballot and are unable
to find a winner
a second round of balloting and suits
for the 2016 convention specifically due
to the RNC’s rule 40 only candidates
with signatures of support from the
delegate majority of eight or more
states are even eligible to get the
nomination though it can be argued that
this technically wasn’t a real brokered
situation the last so-called contested
convention happened in 1976 when Gerald
Ford defeated Ronald Reagan in the first
round of voting number two what happens
if the convention is brokered if the
first ballot doesn’t result in any one
candidate receiving a delegate majority
then a brokered convention ensues any
time you hear someone talking about a
brokered convention it is the Washington
establishment in a fevered frenzy at
this point the whole process becomes
even less predictable as all delegates
are no longer necessarily tied to their
original candidate and are free to vote
for whomever they want your guy is
definitely going to lose why don’t you
join the winning team as every delegate
can be persuaded to change his or her
vote it means that a previous leader may
end up an eventual loser
we have losers we have losers the rounds
of voting continue until a delegate
majority is gained even if that means
multiple ballots when it comes to the
Democrats the last brokered convention
took place in 1952 when no one won the
nomination after the first floor ballot
meanwhile the most recent Republican
convention that could officially be
considered brokered was held in 1948 and
was settled after three ballots in 1880
it took the RNC 35 ballots to determine
a winner which was eventual President
James a Garfield number one who will win
the Republican nomination so if the
Republicans do try somehow to steal the
nomination from Trump the question
becomes who do they hand it to the fact
that a brokered convention is a real
possibility is indicative of how close
the 2016 Republican nomination race is
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have emerged
as the strongest candidates throughout
the primaries but if neither secures the
magic 1237 majority then their initial
dominance
have little effect in the next few
months we could very well see one of our
two major political parties ripped apart
by internal divisions John Kasich may
enter back into the running in Cleveland
as could other figures that had
previously dropped out or even declined
to run in the first place all of a
sudden he’s saying publicly what has
been rumored I guess for a while that
he’s seriously thinking of running for
president of the United States a
brokered convention could result in a
voting free-for-all and an outcome
that’s difficult to predict there’s no
question that there would be a lot of
turmoil if the establishment tries to
thwart the will of the people if it does
come down to multiple votes however the
Republicans will hope for a rare spot in
history the last American president
produced by a brokered convention was
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 did
these facts get you thinking to vote for
which news story is covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s published
every week
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