The Republican National Convention wins!
The facts and evidence prove that government sponsored public opinion surveys will not choose the 2024 Republican Presidential Nominee. Period!
Careful and thoughtful reading of the facts and evidence in my previous post proves that the Republican presidential nomination process for 2024 is “The Republican National Convention”.
When the 2024 Republican National Convention convenes, it will adopt rules to govern the convention itself with specific rules to govern the nomination of the Republican Candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States.
In addition, the 2024 convention will also authorize the creation of the Republican National Committee to govern the party UNTIL the next National Convention(2028).
Nonetheless, there can be no doubt that GASLIGHTING works and has convinced many, especially “journalists”, that (primaries) government sponsored public opinion surveys, prior to the convention, will determine the Republican nominees in 2024.
Here are a few recent examples:
This NPR gem from an earlier post is a great example: “Of course, Trump doesn't have to win a majority in the primaries to win the nomination again. He just has to win a plurality, as he did in many of the early 2016 primaries.”
Many things will happen between now and the Republican convention in 2024 and most of them are, at this point in time, unknowable. But there is one thing we do know — if there are many candidates running for the Republican nomination and they all stay in the race — Trump will win. Elaine Kamarck, Brookings 2/16/23
But for these same party elites, Trump’s weakness also poses a dilemma. The 2024 Republican nomination seems more gettable for a non-Trump Republican than it has in years, but a crowded primary will almost certainly benefit Donald Trump. New Republic, Alex Shepherd. 2/13/23
David Freedlander in Politco. 1/09/23 “It,” in this case, is the possibility that once again Donald Trump will prevail over a splintered Republican field, getting the same 30-40 percent he received in the early primaries in 2016, enough to win the nomination.
The primary season could assist in that winnowing, but the risk of Trump racking up small margin victories from state to state — as he did in 2016 — until he’s the last candidate standing remains genuine. Carl Golden, Daily Journal. 2/11/23
This is a small sample from those who advocate for Critical Primary Theory and the use of government sponsored public opinion surveys to choose the Republican nominee.
We did not see a single instance in any reporting where journalists mentioned the word “convention” in the Republican presidential nomination process.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Adams
We rely on the people we trust to shape our beliefs, in this case journalists and lawyers, and facts aren't always enough to change minds. So expect continued media gaslighting.
As Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” Confirmation bias is a person’s tendency to accept information that confirms their views or prejudices while ignoring or rejecting contradicting information. This prevents them from seeing things objectively (Heshmat, 2015).
A simple fact of interpersonal relationships is that we assume that if people are like us, then they will both think and act in the same way as us. This should allow us to predict how they will behave, including how trustworthy they are.
CAUTION: Don’t assume anything. Trust facts!