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Mormons against the Donald
The Economist ^ | March 23, 2016 | J.A.

Posted on 03/24/2016 5:43:32 AM PDT by kevcol

For those hoping to block Mr Trump, Mr Cruz's triumph in Utah is a rare fillip. He had been expected to win the state; it was unclear that he would pass the 50% threshold required to take all its delegates—in particular because of uncertainty over the effect of Mr Kasich in splitting the anti-Trump vote. The trouble for Mr Cruz, who has now won eight states to Mr Trump's 21, is that he only seems able to win in places, such as Utah, with rare concentrations of evangelicals, Mormons or the otherwise ultraconservative. And there are not many such places left to vote. In only a handful, including Montana and Indiana, according to Nate Silver, an analyst, do evangelicals and Mormons make up more than 30% of the population. Together they account for just 146 of the 905 Republican delegates still in play. That makes Mr Trump's target, to win 60% of the remaining delegates, look achievable.

(Excerpt) Read more at economist.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: 2016election; lds; mormonvote; romney; trump
Crystal Ball Republican delegate projections for remaining contests


1 posted on 03/24/2016 5:43:32 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

What happened in PA? 54 delegates for other?


2 posted on 03/24/2016 5:46:26 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Delegates So Far: Trump (739); Cruz (465); Rubio (166); Kasich (143)
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To: SamAdams76

17 54 should be flip-flopped from other to trump column. 17/71 delegates are unbound regardless of primary WTA result.


3 posted on 03/24/2016 5:49:12 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: SamAdams76

54 of PA’s delegates are directly elected on a ballot and are not committed to a candidate.


4 posted on 03/24/2016 5:51:11 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: kevcol

That is excellent!

And quite a conservative projection, i.e. it’s likely that Trump will get more votes from PA and maybe SD


5 posted on 03/24/2016 5:51:50 AM PDT by JPJones
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To: jjotto

But if Trump wins the state they should rightfully be Trump’svdelegates right?


6 posted on 03/24/2016 5:53:01 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Delegates So Far: Trump (739); Cruz (465); Rubio (166); Kasich (143)
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To: SamAdams76

It’s never been that way before.


7 posted on 03/24/2016 6:00:19 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: kevcol

Mormons against T.Rump.
Morons for T.Rump.


8 posted on 03/24/2016 6:08:23 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
Mormons against T.Rump. Morons for T.Rump.

At least the 'morons' do not have to lie and cheat to win.

9 posted on 03/24/2016 6:12:19 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

“Mormons against T.Rump.
Morons for T.Rump.”

Boy is that a dumb post.

Your facility giving you a little extra computer time today?


10 posted on 03/24/2016 6:15:34 AM PDT by JPJones
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To: Just mythoughts

Why reference Christ in your tagline, when you seek to humiliate humble followers of him of which you don’t approve.

A true Christian is always a Christian, Is your Christianity deep enough to be true?


11 posted on 03/24/2016 6:21:11 AM PDT by teppe (... for my God ... for my Family ... for my Country ....)
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To: kevcol
Does no one have the guts to call Beck and Mitt et all out on their "god" and Warren Jeffs and the embedded misogyny and sex perversion that IS Mormonism?

Instead intellectuals massage us and tell us to just file this under diversity and religious plurality?

12 posted on 03/24/2016 6:25:30 AM PDT by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: teppe
Why reference Christ in your tagline, when you seek to humiliate humble followers of him of which you don’t approve. A true Christian is always a Christian, Is your Christianity deep enough to be true?

Christian do not lie and cheat... Fruit testing can be done by even morons. My tag line is to remind those that made lawful the acts of the perverts are held to account as the same. Pervert marriage was birthed in Texas....

13 posted on 03/24/2016 6:27:42 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: teppe

Teppe,
Mormonism is not Christian. Do not try to slide $3 bills across the table here.

That said, I feel compassion for all good people caught up in that cult. They deserve to know the Gospel that would give them a blessed eternity in the presence of God.

I’d love to see you come to know Him and spend eternity in His presence teppe.


14 posted on 03/24/2016 6:50:27 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: Just mythoughts
Christian do not lie and cheat...

I would remind you that we are all sinners and that Christians do lie and cheat. None of us deserve to make it to heaven except through Christ.

15 posted on 03/24/2016 8:14:07 AM PDT by fireman15 (The USA will be toast if the Democrats are able to take the Presidency in 2016)
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To: fireman15
Serial liars and cheaters are not Christian.
16 posted on 03/24/2016 8:56:01 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Just mythoughts
Serial liars and cheaters are not Christian.

That does not appear to bode well for Ted then, but God is the only one who knows what is truly in people's hearts. Someone who appears to be a serial liar and cheater to us may actual not be, especially when we are viewing them through the prism of the Main Stream Media and others.

17 posted on 03/24/2016 9:52:03 AM PDT by fireman15 (The USA will be toast if the Democrats are able to take the Presidency in 2016)
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