Posted on 03/30/2016 11:52:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The April 5 Republican primary in Wisconsin is looking less like a toss-up between Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz and more like a probable win for Cruz. This would be a fairly grave problem for Trump in his effort to reach 1,237 delegates ahead of the convention. Further, a new Wisconsin poll from a well-respected outfit shows horrific favorability ratings for Trump in the state among all voters, mirroring his recent national downturn. If he can’t reach enough delegates ahead of the convention, and his support shows signs of erosion in the final contests—all while his overall favorability rating dives from pretty terrible to comically toxic—it’s going to be that much harder for him to convince delegates to stick with him in Cleveland.
The just-released Marquette Law School poll for March finds Cruz at 40 percent in the state, with Trump at 30 percent and John Kasich at 21 percent. Trump’s 30 percent is actually stable from the February version of the poll … when there were three more candidates still in the race. Cruz’s support, meanwhile, has shot up 21 points in a month, while Kasich’s has increased 13. The once dearly held theory of the Trump ceiling—that his support would never exceed one-third of the primary electorate and thus would not grow even once the field had consolidated—has been shattered in some states. If this poll holds, though, the theory appears to apply to Wisconsin....
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
That’s pretty funny. Wisconsin is a MUST win for Cruz, not for Trump.
Wisconsin loves their governor.
had to happen sooner or later. the guy has been unravelling since he declared.
This is good news for the survival of Western civilization.
So does Iowa, but it didn’t seem to matter.
You lost me.
And they love the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and they love the Speaker of the House! How could Ted Cruz loose?
I love him as our governor.
But, tomorrow I am going to vote and it won’t be for Cruz.
I still believe that Trump loves this country and while, not perfect, he will do his best to make America safe and prosperous.
jmho
Thank you!
what are the first 5 things that you think he is going to do to make america safe and prosperous? I’m honestly curious.
Terry Branstad in Iowa tried to torpedo Cruz over ethanol but the voters were not having it. Means ethanol is not the issue there that it has been in the past now that Cruz bravely stood up to the Corn Cartel.
When Trump wins New York-oh wow look at that-numbers get better.
Trump has to get 1,237 delegates before the convention. Cruz does not.
If Trump gets to 1,237, he will win on the first vote. If not, there will be a second ballot, and Cruz will win. (Unless the RNC monkeys with the rules, in which case Hillary wins.)
April 5, 2016 — DOWNFALL HAS BEGUN!
You had better win your home state. Look to Rubio who didn’t.
Can’t get anymore Uniparty than Wisconsin.
A useful exercise. What are the current delegate totals and the percent of remaining delegates not yet committed b state vote? And, how far and by how much does each candidate have to go to that magic 1237? Care to answer that?
Seems to me besides ‘excerpting’ to avoid some “off color language” maybe some other salient points are being neglected.
Slate, Huffpo, National Review, Townhall, Salon, Washington Post, New York Times and on and on and on......when did all these places become bastions of Republican Resurgence.....[oh, wait! I made a funny! Forgot to include “The Resurgent].
lol
Youre smoking Cruz Kush no doubt
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