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BillyBoy  If all of the primaries were on the same day, I hope
that we wouldn’t have an instant runoff. Several candidates
would win primaries, and no one would win a majority of the
delegates. The convention would be more suspenseful and
exciting, causing more people to watch and hear the great
republican ideas. When the 1980 Republican National Convention
started, four candidates had delegates, and no one had a
majority of the delegates. In Nov., Reagan won about 40 states.
24 posted on 10/14/2011 2:44:46 PM PDT by PhilCollins  To:
PhilCollins; Impy  Having a national primary day (of course the
“states rights” crowd will scream about that scenario unless all
50 states adapt the same day one by one), then awarding
delegates based on percentage of the vote won in each state
seems like the best scenario to me. Right now it’s based on
countries won or something, so McCain got 54 out of Illinois’ 57
delegates, despite the fact he only won 48% of the