Posted on 03/01/2016 11:31:37 PM PST by Citizen Zed
Can Rubio, Kasich and Carson give their delegates to Cruz?
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Prediction time: Ted Cruz will win 5 of the next 9 contests this next week... Trump only 3.
Kansas - Cruz
Kentucky - Cruz
Louisiana - Cruz
Maine - Trump
Puerto Rico - Rubio
Hawaii - Trump
Idaho - Cruz
Michigan - Trump
Mississippi - Cruz
Cruz is winning Alaska...
Sorry Sarah! You backed the wrong horse.
264 not 164. I like a tweeting tired Trump. Good night.
But then, when they started, there were no parties, everyone just ran, and whoever got the most votes was the president and whoever got the second most became the VEEP. That did NOT work out well, which is why we have 2 major parties.
Wow you’re right on top of that one
I am gonna do some soul searching before Ohio has her say in this.
The real question here is the winner take all states going forward. It is clear now that Rubio, Kasich, and Carson cannot win. If they stay in the race after tonight, they are simply stalking horses for Trump, allowing him to win all of the delegates with 35-40% of the vote.
In most of the Super Tuesday states, Trump is not near 50%. If Cruz could consolidate most of Rubio and Kasich’s vote, he could win.
This is entirely up to the “mainstream” Republican establishment. They can accept that they have lost, and unite behind a strong conservative in Cruz, who will bring genuine reform. Or they can let Trump burn the whole system down.
If Cruz could fly by flapping his arms, he could save a ton of money on airfare, and put the money into advertising, and this might help him beat Trump.
So if Trump has less than 50% of the delegates at that time, such a situation could, in theory, happen.
Consider this hypothetical:
Trump has 45% of the delegates.
Cruz has 35%.
Kasich has 10%
Rubio and Carson each have 5%.
The last four could pool their delegates and nominate Cruz. This assumes that all their delegates follow orders, which they don't have to after the first ballot.
And there would be hell to pay. This isn't 1870, where the masses would blindly follow some Boss Tweed. Trump voters would feel angry and betrayed. And who could blame them? Their man clearly got the most votes, yet lost.
Math is not your friend, FRiend. The numbers (including Alaska) from Super Tuesday:
Trump = 203 delegates
Cruz = 143 delegates (-60 under Trump)
Cruz = 71 delegates (-132 under Trump)
As of this time, the vote in Alaska:
Cruz = 5148 votes = 35.7% = 11 delegates
Trump = 4909 votes = 34.1% = 11 delegates
Rubio = 2294 votes = 15.9% = 5 delegates
The numbers from Alaska are changing as I type.
And give the Dems the win that we all have been trying to stop
Chances are Trump will be the only candidate entered on the first ballot. They need a majority of delegates from 8 states to be put up for the first vote. I don’t see any of them winning a majority in 8 states other than Trump.
Just a small bump from Alaska for either Cruz or Trump, not even worth the fuel cost to fly over it.
If Abraham Lincoln wasn’t assassinated he would still be dead today.
so there were no primaries originally?
Check your math.
Trump has more delegates than all the others combined.
That was a fantastic speech from Ted. I can see that Ted is more on the side if Liberty than Trump. Trump will probably call Ted soft on ISIS next.
If she had a mustache and her name was Frank, she’d be your uncle Frank.
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