Always like a good challenge!
Cruz-Kasich will win Ohio (+18), Iowa (+6), Wisconsin (+10), Colorado (+9), Maine (+4), Florida (+29), and Pennsylvania (+20)...
Total of 302 electoral votes!
“Cruz-Kasich will win Ohio (+18), Iowa (+6), Wisconsin (+10), Colorado (+9), Maine (+4), Florida (+29), and Pennsylvania (+20)...
Total of 302 electoral votes!”
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Good answer. Not sure I agree with it, but good answer.
I doubt PA, but in your scenario, it’s not needed.
Cruz-Kasich would probably win OH, I agree. If they could win FL as well, that would be 253, and you would only need 17 more.
Plausible. Plausible.
Would be nice, but have my doubts that Cruz/Kasich could win in Colorado or Pennsylvania, so deduct 29 EV.
With Cruz’ antics during the Maine delegate selection process, scratch Maine. Take away another 4 EV.
Now that puts him at 269 - very close! I do think Iowa is a stretch, but will let’s go with your estimate.
I think that Missouri can go Democrat after the Democrat governor pulls a McAuliffe and does a “Felon get the vote” trick, amping up the #BLM vote. In that case, Cruz loses another 10 EV, putting him at 259.
Cruz will not take PA. if he is the top of the ticket it will go to Hillary.
I live here. He has no cross over appeal at all.
Why you ask......
He is a wealthy lawyer who built up a million dollar investment portfolio by the time he was 41, 15 years after starting to work in the real world.
His comments on raising the retirement age to 70 are tone deaf. For most folks in the manual trades, working until 70 is out, making it to 67 is really difficult, but many will try. Asking them to make it to 70 is like asking them to fly to the moon. So under that plan 85 percent of folks will have to take early retirement, effectively lowering their income.
Had he not said this I might give him some chances, PA is a pro gun state and Hillary is awful on that. But when you mess with working folks retirement, and you are a rich man who made your money on government service....well that is electoral suicide.
Sorry to say that, but that is what I see on the ground in the suburbs of Philly.
Wrong. Cruz/Kasich topping the ticket will lose OH & FLA & PA & WI.
Both Cruz and Kasich (NAFTA) support and TPP. The unions say its over.
Only Trump has a shot at the union, wage earner supporters. Kasich and Cruz have both proved they cannot be trusted standing up for American jobs.