Posted on 03/05/2016 12:49:39 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In the Kansas Republican caucus, very early returns have Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in the lead. With 3 percent of the results in, Cruz has 53 percent of the vote, followed by Donald Trump with 21 percent, John Kasich with 15 percent, and Marco Rubio with 10 percent. The Kansas Republican Party released a statement earlier Saturday, saying turnout across the state was "incredible," with some locations reporting "four of five" times the number of voters who came out in 2012. Republicans are also caucusing today in Kentucky and Maine, and holding a primary in Louisiana.
I have a different total
KS 40
KY 42
LA 43
ME 20
145 total
Jimmy Carter was winning in March of 1980 as well, by a big margin
I guess you believe Jimmy got his second term, the polls in march said he did
——Think you’re going to win in November without crossovers?——
Good question...unlike most Trump supporters, I live in reality...
If Cruz wins the nomination, that is the 64 thousand dollar question...
I think the dem GOTV...will be more important than the crossover vote...
Based on the dem primary results, they down 20 % or more in turnout...
Goods news for any eventual GOP nominee...
People are realizing this IS the election that matters. November won’t matter as much if it’s Trump vs. Hillary.
It is true that people don’t like Cruz for the most part, but what negative garbage has he been hit with?
Can you name an example of Cruz being hit with the kind of half-baked, suggestive attacks that Trump has dealt with, i.e. the David Duke endorsement, the off the record interview, etc.?
He came into the race with incredibly high negatives. He was the “bomb-thrower” who “shut down the government” and is “the most hated man in D.C.”
Through the primary season and the debates, Cruz’s negatives, both among Republicans and the general electorate, have shrunk.
Those are just the numbers.
[A country that won’t stop planned parenthood from selling baby parts is going to elect a pastors son?]
We’ll know in November.
If people don’t like Cruz, why is he at 48% and Trump at 26% in Kansas?
And Cruz always uses the “royal we.”
It’s funny 30% of Freepers now believe the polls since it show’s their guy on top. Except for the polls that say otherwise.
If winning a poll was all that was needed Trump would have won Oklahoma.
I'm waiting with you ... bet they can't name one... because there isn't one!!!
We shall see, we might see bigger than 33% increase but I doubt more 50 to 60% Which still caps the total vote at 45K to 50 K max.
15K votes have been counted now.
I just checked Drudge links to live results. I was surprised at the small number of votes that have been counted. There are only about 4000 votes separating Cruz and Trump and this in in a statewide election with record turnout.
I never believe the polls just like I never believe the media. What is being counted now are actual votes. So far, the polls were way off.
Push polling
I kind of like the caucus. You have to be dedicated to count—keeps the lazy out.
COMPLETE BLOWOUT for Cruz...this cannot be overcome by Trump in the rest of the vote.
I have a larger question: WHY are reports coming in so many hours prior to closing? Win, lose or draw, we shouldn’t know.
It’s 0bama’s robo-calls after supposedly winning Ohio in 2008, and the news calling FL before Western FL was closed.
No, Cruz uses the "inclusive we." ;-)
I don’t know how the GOPe operatives are supposedly “manipulating” votes, but I know how Cruz has got the votes he did. He stood up to the GOPe and did what he promised conservatives like me he would do when we sent him to Washington. If it were not for Cruz, the gang of eight would have most likely succeeded in pushing through amnesty. He earned his votes the old fashioned way.
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