Posted on 04/21/2016 8:57:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump might have rolled to 60 percent of the Republican vote in New York Tuesday night, but he came in a distant third in the big scheme of things nonetheless. Keep in mind, this is the candidate and the campaign that constantly pout about one-man one-vote and popular vote totals.
They threaten to both call the lawyers about this concept and to riot in Cleveland over this. Thus, by Trump's own standards, Trump got thrashed in New York. Both Hillary and Bernie Sanders destroyed Trump in raw vote totals.
I'm not saying Trump didn't win the N.Y. Republican primary big. He did. I'm not even arguing that Trump is cheating to get 90% of the delegates with only 60% of the vote – although I could do just that, again using Trump's standards and Trump's own words and Team Trump's talking points. It would be easy. All I'm pointing out is that even in a yuuuuuuuge win, the numbers put the lie to the Donald Trump campaign. This was his best night so far, and yet the seeds of disaster are obvious for any who would but pay attention.
That popular vote total should bring the pom-pom clan back to Earth.
Remember that Trump is supposedly the man who will by his mere presence put blue states, even New York, into play. The message board trolls drone endlessly about this. As do some websites and talk show hosts – not to mention the Trump surrogates. Again, by their own self-imposed standard, Trump really got humiliated Tuesday night.
Consider: Hillary Clinton tallied over a million votes. Over three quarters of a million New York voters "felt the Bern." Trump was just over half a million. You say, "Okay okay, but it's New York."
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AUTHOR CONCLUDES:
In other words, on Trump’s best night ever in New York, he would have been totally trounced by either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. The notion that Trump can win blue states like New York is just laughable. Tuesday is irrevocable proof.
It was a closed primary.
I’m afraid the irrational Trump hating is showing its head again.
Just ask him.
That canard again. It was a closed primary. Trump won a greater percentage of his potential voters than Hillary did.
We don’t know how independent and conservative party members would have voted because they were not allowed to vote.
The socialist are in firm control of New York. Trump did well...in the republican primary, but he will not win New York in the general election.
It is NY values that will deny him the general win in NY.
Jerk alert.
Posting an articles of a zotted FReeper? LOL. Good one.
What is this writer drinking?
Trump took more of New York State than Ted Cruz did of Texas or John Kasich did of Ohio...
This is another one of those ‘got ya articles’ posted by a person who can’t understand, Cruz and Kasich is gone..
...another one bit the dust...
Forget it Jake, it’s New York.
How did Romney do? How did Cruz do?
“Donald Trump’s embarrassing third-place finish in NY”
so that means Cruz came in 5th? Sixth in that district that Carson beat him in.
RE: It was a closed primary
Wasn’t the New York Democratic primary a closed primary as well?
Well yes it is. We will have to assume then that New York independents will overwhelmingly go for Trump in the general. Any indication that this will be so?
Good grief! Talk about sour grapes. This article is an embarrassment...especially coming from a fellow Freeper.
C. Edmund Wright continues to make a damn fool of himself.
That’s why he got Zotted here.
A major league asswipe
Not to mention a portion of the 70% of registered dems who didn't participate in the primary.
“The author thinks very highly of himself.”
Never trust anyone who uses an initial in place of his first name, or includes his middle name. Just look at all of our worthless judges and professors who seemingly think we give a f-ck about their personal identity when in reality, they counldn’t get a bent dime out of a Coke machine!
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