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Originally Posted by nol
Without saying it outright, who would their supporters know who to vote for? If Kasich had simply dropped out, one could imagine a Kasich supporter seeing that the leading Republican candidates were extreme right-wingers and either choosing to abstain or determining that Clinton was closer ideologically than the alternatives. If neither dropped out, the two would just split votes and give Trump an easier path to the nomination. They are obviously banking on the fact that Trump's support is a plurality rather than a majority of Republican voters.
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Of course all of this presumes that anyone pays attention to endorsements leading to votes being passed from one candidate to another.
Not at all sure that's actually the case.
What an utterly charming field the GOP managed to assemble, they've done a great job of racing each other to the bottom.