AS SAM ADAMS76 INSIGHTFULLY POSTED: All signs point to Trump dropping out:
<><> He is number one by wide margins in most of the polls.
<><> He draws masses of SRO enthusiastic crowds wherever he goes.
<><> Every network is clamoring to interview him.
<><> Debates featuring him have record TV ratings (and ad sales).
Looks like it’s only a matter of time before Donald drops out.
<><> Ann Coulter described Trump's immigration dissertation as better than the hallowed Magna Carta.
<><> Trump w/ an American eagle. / Martin Schoeller for Time magazine.
<><> He was depicted as a Founding Father on a magazine cover.
<><> And this.....revolutionary Trump.
What I think you don't understand is how one gets an actual vote from a voter. Remember this as it is true, “All elections are local.” What does that mean? It means, elections are held in counties, like in the county where you live. What happens in a county determines who actually gets the votes.
Also remember in order to become the party nominee for president, he/she must garner the majority of the delegates at the national convention. For 2016, it requires a simple majority of 1,236 delegates out of a total 2,370 to become the party’s nominee. Each state has a predetermined number of delegates and the primary results in that state determines how many delegates the candidate gets gong into the convention from that state.
See, it is not how many TV appearances you have (although that is good) or how many people show up at a gathering (although that is good) that determines the winner. It is more complicated than that. The winner is selected county by county in every state and those numbers add up to the total state number and that determines the number of delegates a candidate gets.
A great candidate won’t necessarily win in the counties. A great candidate with great organization in every county, therefore, is much more likely to win.
Cruz has plenty of money to cover having workers in every county in every state. At this time, here is a statement from him:
“I’ve always known we would have a great organization, but having a leader in the 171 counties that comprise the four early states is an incredible achievement.”
Also, “the campaign is also well-organized beyond the early states, having named more than 500 state team leaders in 19 states and one territory to date.”
I read today that Ben Carson has a good organization of workers, at least in Iowa and I don’t know how many other states he has organized.