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Can a party refuse a candidate?
Topic Started: Jul 19 2015, 07:35 AM (157 Views)
George K
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Watching the Trump kerfuffle gave me pause to wonder: Can the GOP refuse him (or anyone, for that matter) as a candidate?

Let's say that I'm a pro-gun, anti-abortion, tax-lowering, small government-loving type of guy. Can I run as a Democrat, or will they say GTFO?
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Mikhailoh
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They can try not to support them I suppose.
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Axtremus
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You can always "reject" a candidate by not voting for him/her.
That's how representative democracy works.
Is that not good enough?
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George K
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Axtremus
Jul 19 2015, 07:54 AM
You can always "reject" a candidate by not voting for him/her.
That's how representative democracy works.
Is that not good enough?
You miss the point.

Trump has (this time) self-identified as a Republican. Can the GOP say "No, you're not one of us?" Go away.

That's representative democracy.
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Mikhailoh
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George K
Jul 19 2015, 07:56 AM
Axtremus
Jul 19 2015, 07:54 AM
You can always "reject" a candidate by not voting for him/her.
That's how representative democracy works.
Is that not good enough?
You miss the point.

No.... :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
My point is that a Republicans can simply reject him simply by not voting for him.
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George K
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Jul 19 2015, 07:58 AM
My point is that a Republicans can simply reject him simply by not voting for him.
And my point is that Republicans choose who represents them in the party leadership. I'm wondering if those representatives have the authority to reject his candidacy as a member of their party.
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jon-nyc
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Probably depends on the laws and regs in each of the 50 states. Keep in mind in our lifetimes the presidential candidates were still chosen in smoky rooms at conventions.
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Renauda
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Refusing or even disqualifying a candidate for nomination at the constituency level occurs regularly here with all the parties.

Even an elected member can be effectively silenced if thrown out of caucus for any number of infractions; usually those that might embarrass the leader or a senior minister.
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Axtremus
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In recent cycles GOP establishments have been trying to sideline Tea Party insurgent candidates with mixed results.

Still don't see why the GOP cannot simply reject Trump by simply not voting for him.

Assuming party leadership has other ways to disqualify Trump from the GOP primary, why should they do that, what would they gain by it, as opposed to simply letting the primary voters "reject" Trump themselves via the regular process?
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John D'Oh
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In Britain in the 80's and 90's the Labour Party purged a number of extreme left-wing elements, on the basis that they also belonged to Militant Tendency, and the party rules were that you could not belong to a sub-organization like that. Obviously, it was an excuse to get rid of extremists, and for the most part was fairly successful in curtailing the Trotskyists activities, particularly in Liverpool which was a real hotbed of highly annoying knobheads such as Derek Hatton, who in a funny kind of way is a little reminiscent of D. Trump.

Can't the GOP stop Trump from being a member if it's felt he's bringing the party into disrepute? It probably wouldn't be worth it, as he's going to crash and burn anyway, and expelling him would undoubtedly garner lots of bad publicity, accusations of Stalinist tactics etc. etc.
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kluurs
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George, you must remember ( or have tried to forget) Alan Keyes - was Obama's opponent for the Senate. He was disowned by virtually everyone in the Republican party - still, he had the nomination.
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