John Avlon CNNRepublicans could try to stop Trump from seizing their presidential nomination with one simple reform – increasing proportional representation in the primary process.
In fact, the number of GOP primary states that are winner take all increased from seven to 17 between the 2016 and 2020 election, according to an analysis by Gregory Korte at Bloomberg.
Let’s say Trump wins 35% of the primary vote in South Carolina – with home staters Scott and former Gov.
A supermajority of South Carolina Republican primary voters in this scenario would have voted for someone other than Trump to be their party’s nominee.
Months before the first primary vote is cast, polls show that 44% of Republicans don’t even want the former president to run again.
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