Posted on 04/11/2016 1:04:53 PM PDT by Kegger
Despite getting drubbed in Wisconsin this week, Donald Trump has won more votes than any other Republican candidate this year. So, he’s doing OK, right? Well, for all the talk that unbound delegates and quirky convention rules could prevent Trump from winning the GOP nomination, it’s easy to forget that Republican voters also play a part. Trump’s 37 percent of the cumulative primary vote and 46 percent of delegates won so far may sound impressive, but his percentages make him the weakest Republican front-runner, at this point in the process, in decades.
(Excerpt) Read more at fivethirtyeight.com ...
If Trump is weak then what’s that make Cruz???
Yet he has a lot more votes than Ted Cruz.
That means Trump is gonna win it all.
Go Donald J Trump!
Bush, Dole ,Romney , and McCain .
LOL yes they really are doing a fine job wit that article.
The left wants Cruz because they have all kinds of dirt on him.
See the losers in their graph and they expect to take this seriously. LOL
If Trump is so bad then cruz must be even worse. It’s sort of like cruz always saying Trump did not get 45% of the vote and yet he did worse than trump, only t be repeated on here by the paid establishment hacks
The left wants Cruz because they have all kinds of dirt on him.
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I believe that 100%.
And they know he has zero chance. He’s just not likeable.
If this is the best response you've got, then we are simply doomed.
This is another stupid statistic that compares things in a meaningless manner. If this was intended to be serious and not just for political maneuvering, then I am surprised. I expect better from Harry Enten. He certainly knows better.
Trump ran in a larger field than the other leading candidates for longer than they did. Of course he has a smaller share of the cumulative votes.
The big clue on whether this was an honest error or was intended to support a predetermined conclusion: The time window in the graphic started at 1980 and left out the most recent contested primary. Coincidence? I think not!
According to Trump supporters, he should be anointed now and we should just skip the convention.
What you say is laughable.
Another obvious thing they don’t point out in the graph is that there were 17 republican candidates at the start of this race. That would certainly keep the vote percentage lower for Trump.
It is a misleading graph or being pushed by someone really very stupid.
“...Trump ran in a larger field than the other leading candidates for longer than they did. Of course he has a smaller share of the cumulative votes...”
Exactly...
But don’t expect the GOPe lovers to figure that out...
Because nothing says “weakest candidate ever” more than tens of thousands of folks at rallies more than six months before the election.
Ping. This is what I’m talking about.
Of course none of the other candidates had opponents staying in the race once they were mathematically eliminated.
More nonsense from the hate Trump droolers.
Did you read the other part of the post?
Did you bring anything to the table, hell no?
Now tell me then if Trump is doing bad then cruz is doing worse, but you go ahead if you want to correct that instead of making stupid comments with no facts.
GOPe PACs spent +$700 million in negative ads. Has that happened before?
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