Comments on: Proportionality Makes GOP Race Less Competitive http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/26/proportionality-makes-gop-race-less-competitive/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/26/proportionality-makes-gop-race-less-competitive/#comment-20661 Chris Weigant Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:14:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5394#comment-20661 Michale - Um, no. Unless you've got a poll (even a Rasmussen one) to back that up... -CW Michale -

Um, no. Unless you've got a poll (even a Rasmussen one) to back that up...

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/26/proportionality-makes-gop-race-less-competitive/#comment-20616 Michale Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:58:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5394#comment-20616 Ironically enough, if the election were held today, Ron Paul would likely BEAT Obama!! :D Can't get much more "relevant" than that... :D Michale..... Ironically enough, if the election were held today, Ron Paul would likely BEAT Obama!! :D

Can't get much more "relevant" than that... :D

Michale.....

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/26/proportionality-makes-gop-race-less-competitive/#comment-20614 Chris Weigant Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:16:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5394#comment-20614 Osborne - Yeah, but wouldn't "more irrelevant" be an oxymoron? Hey, feel free to post your "Vote for Matt!" link in every comment... :-) Send Matt to Netroots Nation!! -CW Osborne -

Yeah, but wouldn't "more irrelevant" be an oxymoron?

Hey, feel free to post your "Vote for Matt!" link in every comment...

:-)

Send Matt to Netroots Nation!!

-CW

]]> By: Osborne Ink http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/26/proportionality-makes-gop-race-less-competitive/#comment-20613 Osborne Ink Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:02:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5394#comment-20613 I got all the way to the last sentence before I found something to disagree with: Ron Paul already IS irrelevant. I got all the way to the last sentence before I found something to disagree with: Ron Paul already IS irrelevant.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/26/proportionality-makes-gop-race-less-competitive/#comment-20587 Chris Weigant Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:50:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5394#comment-20587 dsws - I hear your point, but there have only been three WTA contests so far, and Gingrich won one of them. Granted, one was Florida with 50 dels, but even so, most have been proportional so far. -CW dsws -

I hear your point, but there have only been three WTA contests so far, and Gingrich won one of them. Granted, one was Florida with 50 dels, but even so, most have been proportional so far.

-CW

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/26/proportionality-makes-gop-race-less-competitive/#comment-20586 dsws Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:50:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5394#comment-20586 <i>To put this bluntly: if there were no proportional delegates at all, Rick Santorum would be doing a lot better.</i> Counterfactuals are hard. Romney won the WTA states, and other candidates won a lot of the proportional (or quasi-proportional) states. Mostly it's because of which states they were. But is it also partly because the non-frontrunners concentrated on some proportional states, while Romney had enough money to compete everywhere? To put this bluntly: if there were no proportional delegates at all, Rick Santorum would be doing a lot better.

Counterfactuals are hard. Romney won the WTA states, and other candidates won a lot of the proportional (or quasi-proportional) states. Mostly it's because of which states they were. But is it also partly because the non-frontrunners concentrated on some proportional states, while Romney had enough money to compete everywhere?

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