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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Okay, golly gee willikers, I am trying so hard to keep up, but that wiki link says there is a difference of 102, and you article says the difference is 79, so I’m confused, because clearly one of you is full of it.
So which is it, 102 or 79?
115 for Cruz and 40 for Trump. Difference of 14.
Isn’t it a difference of 75? (115-40) and not 14?
Cruz hit a home run in Texas. He did okay overall on Super Tuesday. He is still in the running. The Trump supporters here think that posting their tripe over and over will automatically become a self-fulfilling prophecy. No matter what happens, they say Cruz bad, Trump good. No matter what happens they say Cruz is doomed, Trump has already won. Doesn’t work that way in the real world. There is still a long way to go before the primary is a wrap.
Yes, and I believe we will begin seeing his act turning old as the race continues
It probably has more to do with publishing time. The wiki site has been very accurate so far this year, but they may or may not be lagging here.
I trust their integrity so far.
If trump is nice maybe Cruz will choose him as VP. Or secretary of the interior.
Winning your home state isn’t a home run.
It’s a cleanly fielded play. It’s expected.
Oh good, Ted got the Run for President board game for Christmas.
Ahh. no it wasn’t. You want me to show the posts and comments from Monday that showed how 99% thought Trump would win or maybe tie at worse.
I’m sure if I looked I could possibly see even you commenting on how Ted may lose to Trump in Texas, and have to drop out.
Ted currently lead Trump in California.Suddenly so called "conservatives" love Californians.By the way, California is winner take all
Hypocrites.
The Green Papers has it correct for Texas. The delegate count per Cong District, and the math is there along with the rules that govern allocation. This guy gets it wrong.
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/TX-R
..the GOPe counterstrike is coming. I think the speech by Romney is a signal. Though I’m not concerned about Trump, he and Cruz are in the crosshairs...
Its a poll of Republicans retard.
I live in ca, and so does Jim.
Get a clue
So you’re saying it isn’t expected that a candidate wins his home state? LoL
Winning your home state is a thankless job. You win it, it’s expected. Someone else wins it, that’s a home run.
Yes I did speculate about the possibility of Trump winning the state, but I said I didn’t know if he would or not, but it would be nice, and I wanted him to.
Regardless of my speculation, the facts don’t change.
If I predicted a Trump win and Ted does, it’s still Ted’s home state and he is expected to win it. If he doesn’t, ouch.
FR is based in California.
The article is breaking as of tonight, your link is from earlier today. Read the article and think.
Not only is Cruz ahead in California, he polls better against Hillary than Trump, who has YUUUGE negatives.
Thanks for the mention, and the resource.
I appreciate it.
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