Posted on 03/23/2016 12:36:12 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/R
THE DELEGATE RACE MATH ~ 35% of the primary election race remains.
Trump won 7,825,264 votes -—> 755 delegates.
T.Cruz won 5,737,119 votes —-> 465 delegates.
~~Countdown to 1237 delegates~~
There are 895 hard delegates remaining of which some are free/soft delegates. Some delegates have already been won by other candidates. We have 808 new delegates 'up for grabs' in the upcoming races.
Donald Trump: 755 delegates won. He must win 482 more delegates to reach 1237. That is 59% of the 808 remaining hard delegates. He may lose 397 more delegates & still win 1237.
Ted Cruz: 465 delegates won. He must win 772 more delegates to reach 1237. That is 96% of the 808 remaining hard delegates. He may lose 36 more delegates & still win 1237.
The current rules set a goal of reaching a simple majority of the delegates combined with a majority win of eight state delegations. When no candidate earns the majority of delegates, the rules change significantly.
Trump was won over a MILLION more votes than Cruz, and by the Convention that tally will be closer to Five million votes. So Yeah Larry, its STEALING.
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If all that was needed to win the nomination was to have more votes than anyone else, Trump wins.
But those are not the rules. And you and every other Trump supporter knows it. The number is 1237. Without it, no candidate gets to state that he has the will of the people because he simply didnt get the requisite number of delegates.
After the first vote, it’s anybody’s ballgame. And you’d have no trouble with it if you thought Trump’s support was strong enough to withstand this kind of situation.
“Cruz will win on the second ballot, and 40 something % of the Republican Party will not vote. Cruz and his rat GOPe buddies will die a hard death.”
And they won’t give a damn because Hillary will win and the elitist DC pigs, including Cruz, will be able to continue feeding at the trough and screwing the taxpayer.
Do you notice how whenever they throw out dreams of a brokered convention they NEVER say why they are so sure a second vote wouldn’t go to Trump?
The fix. They know in their dirty little hearts whose side they are on.
Don’t Carson or Christie have any delegates at all to hand over to Trump?
That may be the case, but even so, the majority of his delegates could end up in Cruz's column. Some are instantly unbound, some are bound only on the first ballot, etc.
Many people realize that Trump--the politician with the highest unfavorables in the country--would not only lose to Hillary in November, he would also bring down lots of Republicans with him, all across the country, by virtue of unfair association with him. Trump has his passionate followers, true, but he also would turn out millions of people to vote against him, and he would turn away many conservatives who simply can't vote for the guy.
Trust me, they’ve already made the deal with Cruz. Jeb will name Cruz as VP. They think it’s a done deal.
So, Cruz has nothing to gain making a deal with Trump.
Wisconsin::::::Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All (by district and statewide),
Polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC).
Voter Eligibility: Open Primary
42 total delegates - 10 base at-large / 24 re: 8 congressional districts / 3 party / 5 bonus
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/WI-R
“Cruz has no path to the nomination. Sorry.
He is just there to give the Gope a chance to sneak in Jeb.”
Yep.
Not that he cares. Cruz still has his seat in the least trusted Congress in history and he still can collect his donor checks and taxpayer money.
All his useful tool followers are being played like suckers.
I’ll tell you what true conservatism isn’t, it isn’t ganging up with the same establishment who’s robbed us of our choice. It isn’t supporting the very people who enslave you. It isn’t standing with Cruz even though he’s shoved it in your face that he’s part of that establishment with Bush, Romney, Graham, etc.
That’s not “conservative” that’s establishment. That’s siding with the tyrants to defeat the people. And if they won’t let us pick our own candidate, they’re not going to allow your precious convention either. But then you chose that side.
“When it gets flipped around, does it bother Trump supporters like it does Cruz supporters? “
If Trump were not leading you might have a point.
As it is, you don’t have a point. Trump leads. Telling the person who leads that he must put the country aside for the good of the party is the exact same establishment speak we’d expect from a pig at the trough elitist, like Cruz.
Is he going to pull them out of his hat?
How will Ted who spit out the “New York Values” comment amass delegates in NY, NJ, and all their neighboring states?
It’s really easy to spot the frauds and low level insider dupes now. It’s anyone left still supporting Cruz....lol
These frauds like those in D.C. have no desire to see their gravy train leave the station.
“You appear to be perfectly comfortable with the idea of the party choosing our nominee, rather than the people.”
Interesting isn’t it? Cruz supporters swore Cruz was an outsider. Snort! Well that obviously isn’t true.
Cruz has morphed and they have lapped up every move as perfect. He has gone from ‘outsider’ to establishment GOP stooge. Now funny thing,,the Cruz supporters were railing against the GOP, proud of how Cruz was anti-establishment, for MONTHS! Now they can’t say that. Now they march lockstep with the GOPe,,and fall in line behind Cruz’s new identity.
While the bitch and moan that Trump has morphed and changed his position over the years. There is no bigger hypocrite than a Cruz supporter. None.
Party over country, right Ted?
From your lips to God's ears.
-— Cruz and his rat GOPe buddies will die a hard death.
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That’s part of the plan isn’t it? To preserve the status quo?
Neither Romney nor McCain had any intention to win it. It was brokered, it was Obama’s turn, then it was supposed to be Hillary for a term then Jeb!
Trump has thrown a wrench into the works, but they’ll be damned if they don’t get Hillary to get her turn.
Ain’t no one gonna get in their way and stop the gravy train (or so they presume).
Right now they want to stop Trump, and are using Ted as a tool to do so. They will push for whoever will lose to Hillary in a brokered convention.
Trump can beat Hillary and that’s the last damned thing the establishment wants. A whole bunch of cans of worms are going to open up on a whole bunch of people under a Trump DOJ you can bet your arse on that (and not just dems).
Larry, you realize that some state delegations are locked down till the 3rd ballot. And Florida’s 99 are locked down for Trump until the 4th vote.
“I believe the GOPe is playing Cruz, and they will backstab him in the second ballot to save themselves. They will vote for an insider when the time comes.”
THe GOP will backstab Cruz in a second! It’s the very same GOP the Cruz-bots CLAIMED to be against,,but maybe they were lying when they said that? Who knows? They seem to be all for the GOP establishment now, no question.
But-but-but John “I need a high dose of Haldol” Kasich says he is going to win it all, and he is the only one that can beat Hillary. Don’t you stupid people who voted (or will vote) for someone else realize that? Need a hug now? Kasich will scream at you for being stupid while giving you a hug. He’s good that way.
We the People,.....remember?
So you’re comfortable with a small cadre of candidates bought by the global elite to choose our leader. For once it your life you have a chance to elect an untethered champion of the people.
And I doubt the opportunity to select one like him will ever happen again.
“If all that was needed to win the nomination was to have more votes than anyone else, Trump wins. But those are not the rules.”
You can pound the lectern all you like about the party rules, but Americans aren’t in any mood to allow their will to be thwarted by a barely legitimate cabal of elites posing as a controlling authority over who can become President.
If the RNC chooses to ignore the clear will of a plurality of voters in this primary, they will be committing political suicide. The voter revolt they spark will be their undoing, and could well usher in a new level of citizen opposition that hasn’t been seen in this country for 150 years.
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