The GOP is canceling primaries to help Donald Trump | Analysis by CillizzaCNN
Well, not totally canceled. Some states will still hold them. But at least four states -- South Carolina, Arizona, Kansas and Nevada -- either have or will soon cancel their primaries and caucuses, simply assigning their delegates at the 2020 Republican National Convention directly to President Donald Trump.
In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! There is some precedent here. In 2012, Barack Obama wasn't seriously -- or even non-seriously -- challenged for the Democratic nomination. But in West Virginia, a prisoner named Keith Judd who was serving 17 and a half years for extortion at a prison in Texas, somehow got on the Democratic primary ballot. Judd wound up getting 41% -- more than 70,000 primary votes. How did Judd do it? Well, he didn't.
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