Posted on 04/05/2016 10:33:50 AM PDT by luvie
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Relax with the exclamation points. I know Cruz won tonight. I’m simply interested if he gets the delegates awarded for finishing with over 50%. It’s one of those hybrid states, certain number if you get over 50%, plus 3 for each district won. Cruz now at 49.1%. Probably won’t matter much, as it looks like he’ll get about the same net result for winning the bulk of the districts.
I know I’m a little excited!! I was hoping he would keep above 50% but he didn’t!!
They didn’t show the map very long.. I thought they said Cruz would get 37 or so and Trump 5!
Trump got almost the same % of the vote he did in Michigan, a win for him, but now a loss in Wisconsin. Trump didn’t get any more unpopular between then and now. His opposition just finally started voting smarter.
This vote tonight shows what the smart numbers guys have been saying for two months, that all the Republicans need to do is consolidate behind one candidate to beat Trump, because Trump has had a ceiling under 50% everywhere. If Rubio had gotten out sooner than Florida, Cruz might be leading in delegates. And if Kasich gets out now, Cruz will almost catch up to Trump in delegates.
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Are you implying that Wisconsin is a precursor for Cruz wins in:
NY
Conn.
Delaware
Maryland
Penn.
R.I.
??
What if Trump wins these states, or a majority of them? What conclusion will you and Rush Limbaugh draw?
Cruz wins women, young people and latinos that Trump won’t get.
The polls show Trump losing to Hillary by devastating numbers. Ignoring that based on blind faith in his chances is not convincing anybody.
It doesn’t matter if Cruz gets 36 or 37 or whatever, the fact is he did not get 50% of the vote, therefore, over 50% of the state rejected him. Trump shut him out of a total sweep of WI delegates and that was the goal tonight for those of us who live in reality.
There, fixed it for ya
Cruz 48% 522,000 Trump 35% 379,000 99% counted!!!
Trump doesn’t lose very well!
The polls show Trump losing to Hillary by devastating numbers. Ignoring that based on blind faith in his chances is not convincing anybody.
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And yet, Ted Cruz is still nearly 300 delegates behind Trump, and we haven’t even come to the primaries in New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, with most of these highly favoring Trump.
You Cruz supporters should be happy about your win tonight, but your asking us to ignore reality.
If you Cruz supporters can draw significance from Cruz’s win in Wisconsin, those of us who support Trump can and will do the same when we head into the northeast and Pennsylvania. We can also observe that at present, Trump has almost 300 more delegates than Cruz.
All you Canadian Cruz passengers are going to be eating crow tomorrow when Costa's National “we”-Screw America / #NeverTrump fake Trump campaign press release is exposed for what it is, opposition bullshit of the lowest and smelliest kind!!!
See my post #1490, young Jedi.
Two CURIOUS things: Cruz got YUGE booster votes on the WI Big-City Plantations - and 150,000 or more votes "disappeared" from the Lefty primary column between 2008 and 2016. BTW - 2016 is MORE contested than 2008, on the Democrat side. :)
Some cynics might say that the DNC was hedging its general election bets by attempting to ensure a RNC convention floor fight.
This would necessitate "vote footsoldiers" casting votes for the also-ran.
The movie Weekend At Ted's comes to mind...
Oh, BTW - "congratulations" on your WI "victory", Ted.
LOLOL!!!
Those tougher, more liberal states are the ones that Kasich, out of rank strategic stupidity and mathematical ignorance, will help hand delegates to Trump in. These libs and moderates are less predisposed to Cruz, so they need Kasich out before they’ll vote for Cruz.
Kasich staying in will get Trump within 100 or so if 1237. If Kasich gets out, Cruz can get close enough to 1237 to win on the first ballot by courting all the fully unbound delegates, the vast majority of which he will be able to get.
Pennsylvania has less bound delegates than Rhode Island, so a win there is less of a significant win than most realize at this point. April 26th has 118 bound delegates in all, so not that much more significant than the single state vote in New York the week before. Out of the next 11 states, the final ones, Trump is only a lock to win New Jersey. That’s when his failure to hit 1237 will be confirmed.
52% hate ted cuck! :)
Go Kasich! Piss off teddy and his peeps. Thwart teddy’s strategery.
It's not rocket surgery to figure out.
Trump will have a rebound in New York, but totally expected and unsurprising, as his home state. If Kasich is still in on April 26th, then he’ll spoil it and create more Trump victories. But that’s Trump’s last surge. May is almost all western states, weak territory for the New York values candidate. California will decide whether Trump gets to 1237 or not. That’s where it’s coming down to.
I listed five other states...not just New York. Thoughts?
Those are the April 26th I referred to.
I listed five other states...not just New York. Thoughts?
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I missed your post at #1532.
Those are the April 26th I referred to.
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I missed your post at #1532. Sorry.
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