Donald Trump Is Right: The Republican Nominating Process Is a Scam

If Donald Trump arrives at the Republican National Convention with less than a majority of delegates bound to him, his message will be simple: I got way more votes than anyone else, and party insiders are conspiring against me to give the nomination to somebody else . . .

It is true that Trump’s campaign is doing badly at the small stuff, and it’s costing him delegates. Trump failed to organize for Colorado’s complex delegate conventions, in which voters never got to express a direct preference for a candidate. He has just started the process of selecting hundreds of delegate candidates in California. He has failed to stack relevant convention committees with his allies.

When Trump has called the nominating rules a “scam” and a “disgrace,” the response has been mainly that he should stop whining. Here’s Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee:

Nomination process known for a year + beyond. It's the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. Complaints now? Give us all a break

— Reince Priebus (@Reince) April 13, 2016

But here’s the thing: Democratic legitimacy is not just about following the rules as written. It’s about having a set of rules designed to produce a result in line with voter preferences. In some states, the Republican nominating rules are designed to ignore the will of the voters.

Trump is right: These states’ rules are a scam, and saying so is not whining. (Read more from “Donald Trump Is Right: The Republican Nominating Process Is a Scam” HERE)

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