*LIVE SUPER-DUPER TUESDAY ELECTION THREAD (FL, OH, NC, IL, AND MO)*

self | 3/15/16 | tatown

[tatown]

FL - Polls Close at 8:00pm Eastern NC - Polls Close at 7:30pm Eastern IL - Polls Close at 8:00pm Eastern MO - Polls Close at 8:00pm Eastern OH - Polls Close at 8:30pm Eastern

[Mad Dawgg]

"2111 lead now. I have no idea where those last set of votes came from"

St. Louis County went from 82% reporting to 92% reporting.

[Windflier]

“I thought that Mc is Scottish Mac is Irish”

Other way ‘round.

[TornadoAlley3]

I do not understand people saying evangelicals will stay home when Trump is winning the majority of evangelicals.

[NKP_Vet]

http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/states/mo/

[Theodore R.]

Only one man in the entire history of the country has ever gone from being a losing VP candidate to winning the presidency, and that was FDR.

But does Bob Dull get points for trying to emulate FDR, who he once or more times called his "hero"?

[DouglasKC]

. Do you see Trump getting 80% anywhere in the real world? He does not yet have a majority vote in any state, only pluralities. Most Republicans want someone else.

In primaries? With 3 or 4 candidates? With millions of dollars being thrown at him by the GOP itself? Not likely. But he's sure got enough to win those primaries.

Cruz wants a two person race. But he will get creamed by Trump in a 2 person race especially with the states coming up.

In the general election he beats Clinton 70-30. Only die hard lefties will vote for her. Republicans will return and vote for him. Many democrats will cross over and vote for Trump. And independents will break for Trump big time. It won't be close.

[bray]

Time for Fox/Levin/Rush to unite behind the obvious nominee.

[entropy12]

Marco has 167 delegates so far. And he is not releasing them today to any one. If Trump is at 1100, those 167 delegates pushes him over the line.

[Jamestown1630]

Chinese Proverb:

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

-JT

[American72]

My great grandmother was a McGill, and her ancestors were from Isle of Skye, Scotland

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Reagan won 44 States in the 1980 Primary season. Bush won 6, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico.

Reagan selected Bush not to have a problem at the convention, but to heal the rift between his conservatives and the Rockefeller Republicans. But even that didn’t satisfy them, and they persuaded John Anderson to run as an Independent.

[glennaro]

Results show no returns from Kansas City, less than half from St. Louis City and about 80 percent from St. Louis County. Trump has small leads in St. Louis City & County.

[STARLIT]

To listen the the broad on CNN he wasn’t nice to Rubio. She was lying through her teeth.

[mrsmith]

I’ll find out tomorrow I guess LOL! It’s bedtime for me.

Unless there was some huge mistake I wouldn’t expect a recount to make a difference anyway.

[Windflier]

That’s really too bad about Carly. She could’a been a contender, and very likely, the first female VP.

[bray]

When has Beck been on the rails?

[bigbob]

” Trump is so unpopular across the nation that he could even lose to Hillary in an orange jumpsuit”

So why then does he win all the time? While the political experts tell us the predictive value of “R vs D” comparisons at this point in the cycle is low, the polls (below) indicate the gap is not all that great and varies a lot. One factor that will have impact going forward is the narrowing on the D side, now that Bernie has effectively been eliminated.

I would claim that Trump has a great deal of upside potential. Hillary is very well known, but despite his celebrity “Trump as Politician” is not well known and I believe he will close the gap as the cycle continues. His crossover support in open primaries already proves that Trump will can win votes that Cruz cannot.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I have made my case that Cruz is running to make a deal. Gather as many delegates as possible and use them as leverage to get on the ticket.

[goldstategop]

I don’t see that as likely because Trump will still get a lot out of Jackson County to pad his lead.

And the numbers haven’t swung much now that nearly all the vote is in.

Cruz had a brief lead earlier in the evening but it lost for good when a boatload of Trump votes came in.

[Girlene]

Trump and his followers have done a masterful job of alienating and insulting us Cruz supporters, i.e., the social and constitutional conservative base of the party. At this point there would be, at best, serious lesser-of-two-evils nose-holding, if that, on November 8, along with a fair amount of #NeverTrump staying at home. There would be no enthusiasm whatsoever for Trump. So Trump and his followers have accomplished all that, that I can tell you. Believe me.

I keep seeing this recurring theme on FR.....that Trump supporters (or Cruz supporters, depending on the poster) have alienated the other side so much that that poster now may not vote or feel the enthusiasm to help win against Hillary in the fall. I don't disagree that some of the comments on FR these days are over the top...are nasty...are totally unnecessary. They are a reflection of the poster, not the candidate, IMO. So, why does that affect how you will vote in the fall? Do you think you will punish other FReepers with your non-vote? The punishment will be to the country, to yourself, to your children/grandchildren, IMO. I'm trying to understand what I keep reading over and over on FR. Thoughts?