If it does look like Trump will have the 1237 or more before the convention, look for a massive shift in the big MO, as people want to get close to ‘the power’ and hopefully get themselves lucrative government positions in a Trump administration.
If they hand the nomination to someone other than Trump, and he runs 3rd party, will this be the lurch to a 3 party system?
The problem is the Trump support is such a mishmash, I don’t think it would transfer into a full blown party. Really the Clinton/Jeb establishment could easily morph into the same party, and then the other 2 parties would be the Bernie socialist party and the tea party, for lack of a better name.
We are buzzing around this possibility, but what we really need is for Bernie to run AND Trump to run along with Hillary and whoever the GOPe throws out there.
I used to say a multiple party system would be a disaster, but this car is already in the ditch...might as well light it on fire and get a new car and see what happens.