Cruz announces Fiorina as choice for running mate

Trump has 987 delegates. He only needs 250 to win. He’s leading in the polls in Indiana. Cruz has 562 delegates. He needs 675. If a candidate bows out his delegates are not given over to his candidate of choice. If a candidate reaches the goal of 1237 by the end of the primary he is the nominee. There are 502 possible delegates left to go. If Cruz wins all 502 delegates he still does not reach the goal of 1237. The only thing I can figure is Cruz hopes to thwart Trump from receiving the goal of total delegates and it goes into a brokered convention. “Once the first ballot, or vote, has occurred, and no candidate has a majority of the delegates’ votes, the convention is then considered brokered; thereafter, the nomination is decided through a process of alternating political horse trading—(super) delegate vote trading—and additional re-votes. In this circumstance, all regular delegates (who may have been pledged to a particular candidate according to rules which vary from state to state) are “released” and are able to switch their allegiance to a different candidate before the next round of balloting. It is hoped that this extra privilege extended to the delegates will result in a re-vote yielding a clear majority of delegates for one candidate. The term “brokered” implies a strong role for political bosses, more common in the past and associated with deals made in proverbial “smoke-filled rooms” “. (Wikipedia)

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