The Republican Party's Best Bet Against Trump
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I don't understand.
I read that the republican party does no like DT, yet he is getting a large percentage of the REPUBLICAN Votes.
I read that the republican party does no like DT, yet he is getting a large percentage of the REPUBLICAN Votes.
You're assuming that all republicans like the party establishment. Same for the Dems liking their party establishment. Trump and Sanders are the anti-establishment guys. Trump got 36% of the vote on Super Tuesday. Sanders gets more of his party votes but Trump has the advantage of having the other votes split among numerous candidates. Looking more and more likely the Reps will have a brokered convention as I don't think Trump enters it with sufficient votes for the nomination.
Actually, he's not getting a large share. He seems stuck around 40 percent of the vote. He split with Cruz yesterday but, I believe Cruz edged him on delegates. Rubio took Puerto Rico today. Before you laugh. with 23 delegates, that's more than a number of states and Rubio got them all.
Trump has 391 delegates and the other 3 guys have 495. 12 more delegate groups get chosen in the next 8 days. Trump is backing down on some of his claims saying that, of course, he will have to obey the law. Right now, Trump has 44% of the delegates and 34 % of the votes cast. He has won 2 of the last 5.
The winner take all states are coming up. If Kasich can take Ohio and Rubio can hold Florida, then Trump has peaked. The "keep it split" plan will work. If not, then it gets uglier. Also, Trump hasn't done well in states that don't allow crossovers. It's so fluid now that the three day old article is like three day old fish.
Trump has 391 delegates and the other 3 guys have 495. 12 more delegate groups get chosen in the next 8 days. Trump is backing down on some of his claims saying that, of course, he will have to obey the law. Right now, Trump has 44% of the delegates and 34 % of the votes cast. He has won 2 of the last 5.
The winner take all states are coming up. If Kasich can take Ohio and Rubio can hold Florida, then Trump has peaked. The "keep it split" plan will work. If not, then it gets uglier. Also, Trump hasn't done well in states that don't allow crossovers. It's so fluid now that the three day old article is like three day old fish.
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