It could, but realistically, a CD here or there could also swing toward Cruz.
Assuming things stay as is, here's the tentative delegate haul (probably +/- 10 delegates)
Delegates
696 — 464 (232) - Trump
418 — 372 (46) - Cruz
172 — 166 (6) - Rubio
146 — 63 (83) - Kasich
15 — 15 (0) — Others
Approximate Haul 3/15
Trump - 232 (99 FL, 52 IL, 42 MO, 30 NC, 9 MP)
Kasich - 83 (66 OH, 9 NC, 8 IL)
Cruz - 46 (27 NC, 10 MO, 9 IL)
Rubio - 6 (6 NC)
Odd thing at the end of the day, despite losing OH, with the favorable delegate haul in IL and MO, Trump is basically on track to a majority of delegates.
If Kasich hadn’t been running, Trump would have picked up OH for sure.
So its not that much of a setback and his win in MO makes it up for it. Trump will win AZ next week.
Cruz is this year’s Huckabee/Santorum candidate. He’ll win UT and that’s it. He won’t win the nomination with a predominantly religious/very conservative electorate.
And he can’t win a general election.
Wow, Cruz must be pissed. A virtual tie for first and he get almost a virtual zero in delegates in Missouri. I would be.
It says something when your support is soooo wide spread geographically. Same thing happened in South Carolina where he got only 34? percent of the vote but 100 percent of the delegates. Interesting. I bet the racial make up of those outlying CDs are white mostly? IDK just might be though.
HERE IS THE REAL REASON TRUMP WILL WIN......
OVER 930,000 PEOPLE VOTED TODAY IN THE GOP MISSOURI PRIMARY.
IN 2012......ONLY 252,185 DID.
THAT IS OVER !!!! 300 PERCENT MORE TURNOUT !!!!!! THREE HUNDRED PERCENT MORE!!!!. TURNOUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IS THE GOLDEN EGG OF ELECTIONS AND TRUMP IS THE GOLDEN GOOSE.
THE GOP KNOWS THAT IT IS TRUMP BRINGING THEM OUT. THEY MAY MOAN AND GROAN BUT THEY GOPe ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE THAT UP.....unless like some people say they rather lose so they can keep their precious establishment intact.
Soooo....what is your final count on the Missouri delegate breakdown, anything new?