Posted on 03/02/2016 11:34:09 PM PST by OneVike
Finally, after a lot of searching and a lot of complicated charts that weren’t exactly correct it appears that the Texas Delegates ended up totaling 115 for Cruz and 40 for Trump. If my math is correct that means that Super Tuesday was essentially a tie with a difference between Cruz and Trump of only 14 delegates. So while Trump racked up a bunch of states Cruz racked up a bunch of delegates. Which strategy is smarter? For Cruz it seems that this worked out pretty well especially when the polls had Trump winning both Oklahoma and Alaska.
Now that Carson is out of the race and Rubio is on his last legs and his numbers will in all likelihood begin to fall precipitously, Cruz will have a more open field in which to operate. The question is will it translate to votes which ultimately translates to delegates?
The current delegate count with the new Texas figures included would seem to be Trump at 321 and Cruz at 242 or a difference of 79 delegates. Over the next two weeks there are over 700 delegates at stake which tells us that this is still anybody’s race. The problem for Trump is that as the race narrows the conservative vote which has been split among Carson, Rubio and Cruz is going to begin tilting more toward Cruz.
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What with Carson dropping out and Rubio self destructing the race is going to start getting tighter. Trump may still win, but it's not going to be as easy as many think since there is going to be less chances for him to blitz the states with his vicious attack ads.
It will be interesting to see what happens from here out.
Game on still, go Cruz.
Cool.
It seems that the media types have the same problem I have with understanding (lacking both the desire & time to do the needed research/analysis) the delegate allocation processes in all the “proportionate” states—no two states seem to have the same rules.
We need them both.
So you’re saying that Trump has two more delegates than the 319 I read he has this morning?
And that’s good news for Cruz?
So Cruz got superdelegates in his home state. One trick pony. And he has zero chance in a general.
Wrong. It was a great day. Ted Cruz simply won his home state. That opportunity presents itself only once for each candidate.
Cruz doesn't have any more "home states" with lots of delegates to milk.
The delegate gap is going to grow wider and wider.
But dream on...
Southern states were supposed to be his firewall and he won only two of them.
He isn't even competitive in states like Illinois, Ohio or Florida.
43 % Cruz and 27 % Trump translates into 115 for Cruz and 40 for Trump. Corrupt party scams.
I think this headline is a bit misleading.
Cruz just needs to win Texas 8 more times and the nomination is his!
They do, because it is up to each state as to how to allocate them
Yes, but Ted, Cruz has 33 more than he was given this morning.
Try to keep up.
Ted currently lead Trump in California.
By the way, California is winner take all
Good news.
The Canadian lives to bow out of the race another day.
I didn’t here anyone bitching when the same thing happened in Trumps favor in SC.
It goes by the number of precincts you win. Then another 49 are divided up by all who got over 20% of the vote.
Ted won the vast majority of districts and that is why he got the huge lions share.
It is the same formula, almost, that they had in SC.
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