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.
It’s a caucus.
In 2012 the total vote was 30K.
29K for half the state is already a massive increase in caucus turnout.
If Trump gets a plurality of delegates but is denied the nomination at the convention he should absolutely run third party or ask his supporters to write him in. The Republican candidate does not deserve to win if they have to resort to backstabbing and dirty tricks.
Most Cruz supporters on this site have said they will probably vote for Trump if Cruz does not win.
Why don’t you Trump people go back to your “safe” thread and let the Cruz people enjoy theirs? Y’all are being incredibly rude.
Now they are changing the rules. Figures!
Strange they have not called it for Cruz. Earlier someone said some site called it. Townhall has not yet.
Most Cruz supporters, like myself, have claimed they would vote for Trump if he was the nominee. A few vocal people have said they wouldn’t, but most Cruz supporters I have seen are dismissive of the #NeverTrump nonsense that the GOP establishment started.
They probably won’t call it without a sampling of Dist. 3.
| Trump | Rubio | Kasich | |||||||||||||
| Pop Vote |
Qual Vote |
Del | Pop Vote |
% | Del | Pop Vote |
% | Del | Pop Vote |
% | Del | Pop Vote |
% | Del | |
| CD1 | 14,063 | 13,808 | 3 | 6,880 | 49.826% | 2 | 3,530 | 25.565% | 1 | 1,969 | 14.260% | 1,429 | 10.349% | ||
| CD2 | 7,682 | 7,574 | 3 | 3,560 | 47.003% | 2 | 1,865 | 24.624% | 1 | 1,365 | 18.022% | 784 | 10.351% | ||
| CD3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| CD4 | 2,820 | 2,531 | 3 | 1,576 | 62.268% | 2 | 654 | 25.840% | 1 | 301 | 11.893% | 253 | |||
| At-Large | 24,565 | 24,166 | 25 | 12,016 | 49.723% | 13 | 6,049 | 25.031% | 7 | 3,635 | 15.042% | 4 | 2,466 | 10.204% | 1 |
| RNC | 24,565 | 24,565 | 3 | 12,016 | 48.915% | 3 | 6,049 | 24.624% | 3,635 | 14.797% | 2,466 | 10.039% | |||
| Total Delegates |
40 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
CD1 delegate computational details for a 10% threshold:
Cruz: 49.826% of 3 delegates = 1.495 round to 2. Carry forward: 1.
Trump: 25.565% of 3 delegates = 0.767 round to 1. Carry forward: 0.
CD2 delegate computational details for a 10% threshold:
Cruz: 47.003% of 3 delegates = 1.410 round to 2. Carry forward: 1.
Trump: 24.624% of 3 delegates = 0.739 round to 1. Carry forward: 0.
CD4 delegate computational details for a 10% threshold:
Cruz: 62.268% of 3 delegates = 1.868 round to 2. Carry forward: 1.
Trump: 25.840% of 3 delegates = 0.775 round to 1. Carry forward: 0.
At-large delegate computational details for a 10% threshold:
Cruz: 49.723% of 25 delegates = 12.431 round to 13. Carry forward: 12.
Trump: 25.031% of 25 delegates = 6.258 round to 7. Carry forward: 5.
Rubio: 15.042% of 25 delegates = 3.760 round to 4. Carry forward: 1.
Kasich: 10.204% of 25 delegates = 2.551 round to 3 limited to 1. Carry forward: 0.
They just called Cruz as the winner in KS.
... And it took the Fox news, CNN, Rubio, Cruz, Romney, Dole and other losers to get you that.
Kansas called Cruz winner. 41% in, Cruz 49.7% = Trump 24.8%.
Maine Cruz 45% - Trump 36%. 18% in.
Goes both ways. I didn’t know this was a Cruz safe space.
The local GOP officials are saying the turnout was 4-5 times greater than anticipated. There was only one voting location for Wichita! Many thousands were on hand, and it sure appeared to me as if Cruz was the most popular candidate. The vote count supports my observation. Go Cruz!
BTW all the congressional districts have similar populations. It’s just that the 3rd district have a more concentrated population. The other districts have the same population spread out over a much larger region.
The 3rd district doesn’t have the votes to negate the other 3 districts, and frankly I’m not sure they will vote all that differently from the other. I expect Cruz to win the 3rd district too, although by a smaller margin.
Cruz was very popular here in Johnson County, too. Fortunately we had several polling places. Still had long lines.
What's your source? I'm still seeing only 5% in.
“In 2012 the total vote was 30K.”
Then this whole thing is a joke. Kansas has about 3 million people.
We are having a primary today here in Louisiana; voter turnout will probably be close to 200,00 (Republicans). Louisiana has about 4 and a half million.
Yeah, that’s true. Sometimes you get a more liberal lean in Dist 3, especially in state offices.
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