1. They say that the most important factor of the decision of the party nominee would be the party itself, and in particular the house leaders and insiders have the biggest say in who the nominee is.
2. The first debate, Fox News used the debate to lay a trap for Donald Trump to make him seem like a bad candidate.
3. The voters are really wanting to make the decision themselves, and go against the elites of the party and while this is happening the party insiders are wanting to control who the nominees will be.
4. The party picked Romney because he had established credibility by establishing connections when he ran in 2008, and he was the candidate that was most likely to win the race for the Republicans.
5. Endorsements from the party insiders before Iowa correlated exactly with who won the nominations. The trend would be that endorsements best predict presidential nominees.
6. Jeb Bush is what the Republican insiders or elites want for the nomination, but there is not a lot of support for him.
7. The candidate's status seems to be the most important determinate. The chosen candidate normally has one of two things going for them: national figure or currently in office.
8. Parties can influence the primary calendar, change ballot qualification requirements, and limit the number of debates to sort of influence the ways that the party as a whole responds to candidates and such.
9. That they are not representing want the voters want in many major issues.
10. Before the primaries voter opinion is very much all over the place, but voters begin to get more serious when the primaries approach. Regardless of voter opinion about Trump in the end, the party itself will not endorse Trump because of his approach and personality. Remember parties endorse the candidates that will be their ticket to winning the entirety of the election.
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