Further demonstrating that the entire Republican Party is turning into a cult, the California state GOP’s executive committee voted, in a closed-door meeting, to change the way the Party allots its delegates to a system favorable to the front-runner and virtually locks out challenging candidates, the Washington Post reports.
California’s delegates will now go to the winner of the statewide vote instead of allotting them based on congressional districts, as had been done previously. Now all 165 of the state delegates will go to one candidate, pushing that single individual closer to the 1,234 delegates estimated to be needed to secure a win.
It’s not only happening in California: Nevada, Idaho and Michigan are essentially forgoing primaries and holding smaller caucuses or executive meetings to decide how the states’ delegates are assigned. Louisiana made it easier for winning candidates to assign delegates who will vote for him, not an opponent. All these are designed to limit Republican voters’ ability to support candidates Party bosses don’t endorse.