GOP Candidate Analysis (Updated)

 
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With just under three weeks until the Iowa Caucuses kick off the primary season, thought it would be a bit interesting to run down the list of 12 remaining GOP candidates and see where they currently stand in terms of Iowa, New Hampshire, and overall standing in the race for the nomination, along wth potential impact going into the future.

Going to start at the bottom and work my way up the list of candidates. Each analysis will be in a spoiler so you all can just pick and choose who you read about, if you'd like.

Jim Gilmore

Rick Santorum & Mike Huckabee


Carly Fiornina


John Kasich

Rand Paul

Dr. Ben Carson

Chris Christie




Coming up next: Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Trump
Last Edit: January 18, 2016, 11:02:59 AM by Icy


 
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Good thread. So quick question. For the Caucuses, does each state get a ballot and vote for who they want to represent the party, and then they win the nomination? I never understood that or how the caucuses work. A short version is okay if you want.


 
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Good thread. So quick question. For the Caucuses, does each state get a ballot and vote for who they want to represent the party, and then they win the nomination? I never understood that or how the caucuses work. A short version is okay if you want.

Caucuses are a much older method of voting for your candidate of choice, and is often more public. Voters gather in a set precinct and, either by raising hands or maybe going to differing corners of the room, show their support for a particular candidate. Unlike a primary or the general election voting, caucuses are a public announcement of your vote.

Quickest and easiest way to explain, I suppose.


 
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Good thread. So quick question. For the Caucuses, does each state get a ballot and vote for who they want to represent the party, and then they win the nomination? I never understood that or how the caucuses work. A short version is okay if you want.

Caucuses are a much older method of voting for your candidate of choice, and is often more public. Voters gather in a set precinct and, either by raising hands or maybe going to differing corners of the room, show their support for a particular candidate. Unlike a primary or the general election voting, caucuses are a public announcement of your vote.

Quickest and easiest way to explain, I suppose.
Ohhh

that sounds hard to tally though. My mother told me it's like representatives in a room who raise their hands when asked for support or something, not just normal people.


 
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Good thread. So quick question. For the Caucuses, does each state get a ballot and vote for who they want to represent the party, and then they win the nomination? I never understood that or how the caucuses work. A short version is okay if you want.

Caucuses are a much older method of voting for your candidate of choice, and is often more public. Voters gather in a set precinct and, either by raising hands or maybe going to differing corners of the room, show their support for a particular candidate. Unlike a primary or the general election voting, caucuses are a public announcement of your vote.

Quickest and easiest way to explain, I suppose.
Ohhh

that sounds hard to tally though. My mother told me it's like representatives in a room who raise their hands when asked for support or something, not just normal people.

Kind of.

Each precinct in, let's say Iowa, has a designated meeting location - a high school gym. Registered members of the Republican party who are going to be voting meet at the gym at a designated time, where there are representatives from the campaigns there - usually a staffer who's been giving talking points to try and convince last minute undecided voters. The voting takes place, after which each precinct names the candidate that received the most votes.

It's an extremely long and complicated ordeal afterwards, but like I said, this is the most basic definition I can get. This article gets more indepth.


 
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Alright

thanks for explaining


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Good thread. So quick question. For the Caucuses, does each state get a ballot and vote for who they want to represent the party, and then they win the nomination? I never understood that or how the caucuses work. A short version is okay if you want.
HAHA wow
What?

I'm sorry I actually wanted to get educated on the matter.


 
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Good thread. So quick question. For the Caucuses, does each state get a ballot and vote for who they want to represent the party, and then they win the nomination? I never understood that or how the caucuses work. A short version is okay if you want.
HAHA wow
What?

I'm sorry I actually wanted to get educated on the matter.
No it's just funny how a lot of you speak so confidently about things you aren't educated on.

It's not really you specifically, just the post made me think.
Oh >_>

I didn't mean to come off confident. Just tried to tell my understanding and didn't want to burden him if it was some long winded explanation.


 
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Updated with Paul, Carson, and Christie.


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Coming up next: Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Trump
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You made a typo in the Carson tab.

"while Cruz has slowly but surely leeched the evangelicals from Cruz"


 
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You made a typo in the Carson tab.

"while Cruz has slowly but surely leeched the evangelicals from Cruz"

This is why we have editors.


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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/us/politics/donald-trump-sarah-palin.html?_r=0

Watching that endorsement speech was absolutely painful.


 
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Finish it!

These top four candidates are going to be a bit longer, and I'm back at school.

It'll be done soonโ„ข


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Huckabee makes me puke tbh

Only person I'd vote for Trump over


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