Posted on 04/15/2016 5:25:20 AM PDT by Iowa David
Donald Trump is poised to win New York in a landslide on Tuesday but he could leave as many as two-dozen critical delegates on the table by failing to win an outright majority in every corner of the state, according to new congressional district-level polling provided to POLITICO.
http://politicalmachination.com/poll-new-york-2016-presidential-primary-2/
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Good point. I keep forgetting that all the other Cruz wins were caucuses and such.
I consider myself a close follower of presidential politics but I don't remember a year where there were so many darn caucuses and other contests where the rank and file weren't allowed to actually cast votes.
Was it always this way or did we have a lot more of them this go-around?
Cruz did extremely well in his own state when you consider the vast numbers of candidates in the race at that time
Only 10 months after being elected Senator, Ted brushed off his lifelong ambitions, looked in the mirror. and saw a president looking back at him.
Texans were never let in on the plan...that Ted would use his Senate seat to grab more power as a presidential candidate.
Americans of BOTH parties are being told that elections are a sham and their vote no longer counts. We are in uncharted waters. No way to know where things head from here. No place good, that’s for sure.
Here’s a better talking point:
So, when Trump only got 45.72% of the vote in Florida, but took 100% of the delegates....did you scream about the ‘unfair rules’?
So, when Trump only got 45.95%% of the vote in Arizona, but took 100% of the delegates....did you scream about the ‘unfair rules’?
So, when Trump won Missouri by less than 1/4 of 1%, but took 71% of the delegates....did you scream about the ‘unfair rules’?
So, when Trump only got 47.24% of the vote in Mississippi, but took 62.50% of the delegates....did you scream about the ‘unfair rules’?
So, when Trump only got 38.84% of the vote in Illinois, but took nearly 80% of the delegates....did you scream about the ‘unfair rules’?
Or how about when Trump only won 32.51% of the vote in South Carolina, but he took 100% of the delegates.....was that ‘unfair’?
Who is it that’s getting hosed by the rules???
That’s what I thought. Class dismissed.
Here’s the reality. Trump is going to pick up 85-90 delegates in NY. Optimus is a garbage firm with a zero track record outside of this election which is poor. For example, they actually had Trump winning Wisconsin. That worked out well for him didn’t it? Reality again is that Cruz will not win 1 delegate in NY, so the choice is really between Trump getting to 50 or Kasich preventing him from such. Factoring in the undecideds, Trump will go past 50 in many districts that Optimus says are “borderline” at the moment. Again. 85-90 delegates on Tuesday. I’m in NY and there is not one Cruz or Kasich supporter I can find. There were Rubio supporters at one time, but now it’s all Trump.
How many candidates were on the ballot in Texas? 12 or something like that. The early primaries in the south had a lot of voter dilution in that segment that no longer exists.
were they states where the people actually voted and were they states which had a primary election and not having hand picked delegates who are bribed and told who to vote for off the establishment.?
Yep thought so the people voted and the delegates go t who they are told to off the voter unlike ther establishment who bribes
I’m in FL and do not know of anyone or even see a sticker or a yard sign for Kasich or cruz
it’s his own state, OK it’s not really his states as he is not form TX and maybe the voters did not vote fort cruz on mass because they do not know him to good seeing as he went there to do a term and can’t even be bothered to finish his first term
Cruz got what he got in Texas when there were several more candidates actively running. Now there are only 3.
Do you stuff your blunts with mushrooms?
Using sound logic with Trumpsters won’t go over well around here.
It does not matter how Cruz did in Texas - old news, and those delegates are decided. What matters today to whether Trump gets nominated is how he does in NY. Trump needs to pay attention to each delegate selected.
Cruz looked like a fool campaigning in the Bronx, and a lot of people made fun of him for it, but it was actually brilliant. In a 99% democrat district, a few dozen extra voters could give Cruz the delegates. Cruz might have won those votes just by showing up where no other republican would ever go. Trump needs to have his people working every district, especially the ones that only have a few republicans. It’s not just about the headlines for his landslide. Cruz is gaming the system for the delegates (which is what matters), and Trump needs to play the game he’s in by the rules of that game.
Not anything to do with the Trump/Cruz discussion, but as a voter, I would much rather stop by the poll before going to work and privately cast my vote for the candidate I have already decided on, than to have to caucus at certain time, spending hours with people trying to change my mind. Although everyone has the opportunity to caucus, it seems many people are disenfranchised as it may cause a hardship for them to attend.
“......Poll Shows Trump is the Most Unpopular Top-Tier Presidential Candidate in 30 Years”..........
The only people he is unpopular with are those of the republican party and demodummie/liberals that are fearful of him as he plans to tip over their apple carts and eliminate their cushy jobs. Amazing how many people attend his political rallies if he is that un-popular, can you imagine the crowds if people REALLY liked him?
He was whining in the media, telling trusting Texans that he, and his faithful little wife (a $700,000 globalist lawyer employed by G/S), were forced to liquidate their entire family savings (of slightly more than $1 million) to fuel a come-from-behind win in the Republican primary.
NOW TRUSTING TEXANS LEARN Cruz did not liquidate family assets.....he got his hands on over a million dollars from his hefty margin accounts at G/S and Citibank......and did not disclose this on FEC reports (to keep it a secret from trusting Texans).
Cruz did not disclose loans on FEC reports (required by law) b/c Texans would have discovered he was not the aw-shucks rube he pretended to be. He continued the rube act in order to milk votes from trusting Texans.
At the same time, he also did not disclose he was a dual Canadian citizen......the Harvard-educated lawyer w/ two Ivy League degrees said he didn't know.
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Cruz told Levin he used the Wall Street loans for the campaign/s TV ads......but these loans have never been reported as campaign-related. Cruz does not need the FEC/s permission to fully disclose the info. What is he hiding?
Cruz isn’t saying “everyone else give up cause I’m inevitable.”
Facts only annoy them!!!!
I’m just curious as to where you live, because Cruz campaigning anywhere in the Bronx or NY for that matter is not brilliant or genius or anything else. Cruz will not get 1 delegate on Tuesday. You must understand this. NYC’ers would vote for anyone before they give Cruz a victory or a delegate. He will get a committed base of supporters, about 15% statewide, but he’s not going to get it anywhere in the city or the immediate suburbs.
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