I checked the official gop site; https://www.gop.com/official-2016-gop-delegate-count/
Trump has 755 and needs 482
Cruz has 521 and needs 716
There are 798 remaining
Trump needs 60.4% of the remaining delegates.
Cruz needs 89.7% of the remaining delegates.
By dynoman
I think I read that if Crux loses by more than 50 delegates the next couple primaries he is done.
There are 798 remaining
Trump needs 60.4% of the remaining delegates.***
Cruz needs 89.7% of the remaining delegates.***
*** to win on the first roll call.
There have been many conventions that went past the first roll call. This one will too. Cruz will win on the second roll call because the delegates have seen how Trump has handled himself during this campaign and will not support him.
Go to the 270towin interactive calculator and see for yourself.
It will end up about 1050 Trump 880 Cruz, 220 Kasich, 180 Rubio + 140 unpledged going into the convention.
On the first roll call, Cruz will get the vast majority of the unpledged delegates making it about 1060 Trump to 1000 Cruz.
On the second roll call, Cruz will get 180 from Kasich, 150 from Rubio and probably 200 from Trump. He will walk away with it easily after the send roll call.
Acting like an asshole, belittling people, bullying people, threatening people, making fun of people and talking about the size of your penis may be a good strategy for attracting attention and getting some free media coverage. Unfortunately for Donald, it is not a winning political strategy.
Now, go cry yourself to sleep.
And in two weeks Cruz will be mathematically eliminated.
Cruz will be about 500 delegates short when the voting is over. That’s assuming he wins IN which is a three way tossup, and does well in CA. He could have a lot fewer.