LIVE THREAD: Maine caucus results

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[Spunky]

"Defending Glenn Beck was your first mistake."

Oh! So a person is not to defend the truth? What a sorry society we have become.

[DoughtyOne]

Probably so, but it is fast becoming clear the Caucuses are GOPe territory.

Guess what types of events we have many of over then next 10 days.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

What's an attack from the left?

Don't play stupid. I meaning making fun of how he gets his support from people on the right. As if that is somehow a bad thing.

[Salvation]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/march5gop.html

[ConservingFreedom]

“Officially”:

Maine · 23 delegates
9% reporting

Votes
Ted Cruz

43.0%
1,555
Donald Trump

36.6%
1,325
John Kasich

11.1%
402
Marco Rubio

7.8%
284

http://www.decisiondeskhq.com/results/2016/primary/gop/president/maine/

Candidate
Percentage
Votes
Votes Behind
Ted Cruz
42.3%
4,742
—
Donald Trump
33.9%
3,795
-947
John Kasich
14.4%
1,615
-3,127
Marco Rubio
8.4%
943
-3,799
All Others
1.0%
109
-4,633
Precincts Reporting
45.5%
Total Votes
11,204

[Salvation]

BTTT ditto.

[Spunky]

"Correct! Who are the caucus goers? Mostly party hacks. I was one of them, working as precinct captain in Washington state. I never missed a caucus."

I live in Washington State and you are correct. We have the most awful system I have ever seen. I just read that the caucus was Feb 9th and there was no notice at all. Then whoever got appointed at the caucus will go to the State Convention and then they will determine the candidate. By the time the people actually get to vote it will be a mailed ballot and the front runner by then will have already been picked.

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! system. :-(

[Auslander154]

Hear Hear !! Well said pollywog!

And you know what really irks me to no end is how the media reports any Cruz win. They excuse his wins on organization, and his troops and canvassing. It’s all about the mechanics of winning. Never the ideology.

It is never his message. His rock rib conservatism. His faithfulness to the cause of righting America. That he means what he says and acts on it.

And that he will find just the right man to replace Scalia - the most important thing he will do in his first days in office.

[ConservingFreedom]

DecisionDeskHQ projects Maine for Cruz.

[pollywog]

Hardly!!!!

[wardaddy]

The trafalgar poll which is the one I was referring to....the only recent one in KS with an MOE of 3%

Polls in caucus states are not very reliable it would appear

[LS]

They will support Cruz . . . right up to the minute they don’t have to.

[Jane Long]

LOL.

[tinyowl]

As of 7:41PM -> only 230 votes separating 'em. Does anyone know how to find the counties that have reported? That would be rather significant at this point and for the next couple hours. Maine is like the US ... mostly red square miles, but more blue in the south.

Glad to see Ted doing well today ... if they can ever get along, they need each other.

[LS]

With 10% in (KY) Trump up 1100 votes (lead slightly expanding and now 7.1%.

[LS]

Make it a 1200 vote Trump lead in KY.

[LS]

ME hasn’t changed on decision desk in a long time: 45% in, 947 vote Cruz lead.

[tinyowl]

With 11%, lead to 1200.

Hard to tell in Maine - so few reporting and all depends on which counties. I'm waiting for Google's next update ... it's been 20mins since the last. Fun night.

[LS]

Officially if this stands Cruz would get 10 delegates, Trump 8.

[LS]

13% in it’s a 900 vote Trump lead.