# GOP Presidential Candidates: The Elimination(ish) Game (Round 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 25, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441 "2015-06-25T14:35:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/21 "2015-06-26T22:20:02Z")

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Kasich  
Kasich  
Kasich  
Pataki  
Pataki  
Rubio

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/22 "2015-06-26T23:38:27Z")

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1. Kasich vs Pataki- Kasich

2. Kasich vs Paul - Kasich

3. Rubio vs Kasich- Kasich

4. Pataki vs Paul- Pataki

5. Pataki vs Rubio- Pataki

6. Paul vs Rubio - Paul

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**Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/23 "2015-06-28T05:13:31Z")

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1. Pataki

2. Kasich

3. Kasich

4. Pataki

5. Pataki

6. Rubio

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**Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/24 "2015-06-29T09:16:34Z")

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And so we come to the end of this entertaining but ultimately pointless exercise.

1. Kasich (7) vs **Pataki** (10)

2. **Kasich** (14) vs Paul (3)

3. Rubio (4) vs **Kasich** (13)

4. **Patak** i (15) vs Paul (2)

5.\*\* Pataki \*\*(14) vs Rubio (3)

1. **Paul** (9) vs Rubio (7)

Which means that \*\*Pataki wins \*\*with three matches to Kasich’s two; Paul eked out a slender win against Rubio but otherwise Paul and Rubio were pretty much stomped.

So congratulations, folks! We’ve picked a winner and a runner-up, either of whom will be lucky to get even half the actual popular support of Donald Trump. “Responsible adults” always struggle in election campaigns, and this is particularly true of the current GOP. Enjoy the next year and a half.

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