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

Politics & Elections
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Kasich
Kasich
Kasich
Pataki
Pataki
Rubio

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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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  1. Pataki

  2. Kasich

  3. Kasich

  4. Pataki

  5. Pataki

  6. Rubio

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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. Pataki (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.