Posted on 04/20/2016 11:58:05 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Congratulations to our presumptive nominee, Donald Trump!
Great job in New York and throughout this campaign. Cruz and Kasich are now mathematically eliminated and just like all the others who were mathematically eliminated should concede and drop out so we can all unite behind our nominee and prepare to defeat the godless America-hating traitor Hillary Clinton in November.
As conservatives and patriots, it's time to put bruised egos behind us, heal our differences and act united in the best interests of our nation. The media and the GOPe will try to keep us divided, of course, but we must not fall for their treasonous tricks.
A divided Republican party will ensure Hillary waltzes into the White House in November.
Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. Hillary would be a third term for Obama and would complete his mission of completely destroying America.
Do not let freedom expire on our watch!!
I'm praying this forum and our loyal members will now be shifting into high gear to defend our freedom by uniting against the treasonous enemy within.
Let's get Trump over the 1237 mark and finally take the GOPe completely out of the picture!!
Then onward to the presidency in November!!
“It’s like bugs flinging themselves into the zapper!”
Actually, I think what’s going on is that some of the paid Cruz trolls who had hijacked dormant accounts are simply bowing out now that they’ve finally been check-mated.
mouse1,
Another example of the lack of need for primaries:
Pennsylvania, which holds its primary next Tuesday, uses a nonbinding “loophole” primary — and that could cost Donald Trump the Republican nomination.
If the state adopted the delegate rules of any other primary, he would probably be an even-money favorite, or better, to amass the 1,237 delegates needed before the convention.
Instead, his chances may come down to the whims of 54 unpledged Pennsylvania delegates.
No other state leaves so many of its delegates unbound — allowed to vote for whomever they please at the convention. That’s because it conducts its loophole primary in two parts. First is the “beauty contest,” which is a presidential primary preference vote. The winner of the beauty contest gets all of Pennsylvania’s 17 at-large and bonus delegates.
But the remaining 54 — the three delegates awarded to each congressional district — are unbound and elected in the delegate selection primary. In this part, voters directly elect delegates to the national convention. What makes Pennsylvania’s delegate selection primary so distinctive is that the ballot includes no guidance on whom a delegate will support at the national convention. A voter will just see a list of names —some of whom might be recognizable, but others might as well be Joe Schmo.
(It’s called a loophole primary because it could circumvent the delegate allocation rules. Voters could, in theory, elect a slate of delegates who unanimously support one candidate, even in cases where a winner-take-all contest was prohibited.)
The result is that Pennsylvania, with the seventh-most G.O.P. delegates of any state, ranks 49th in pledged delegates. It’s behind even Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
The other two states with loophole primaries — West Virginia and Illinois — take a somewhat different approach: The delegates pledge whom they’ll support, and their preferences are listed alongside their names on the ballot.
When you read articles about whether Mr. Trump can reach 1,237 pledged delegates by the convention, these 54 delegates are held out of the analysis.
Mr. Trump would be favored to win a majority of Pennsylvania’s 71 delegates under any other primary system. He leads by at least nine percentage points in every survey in the state, and is ahead of Ted Cruz by an average of 44 percent to 28 percent, according to The Huffington Post Pollster. He’s up by a similar margin of 46 percent to 30 percent in The Upshot’s demographic-based model. Our model gives him an edge in 15 of the state’s 18 congressional districts.
In a standard proportional allocation, Mr. Trump would probably be on track to win at least 40 of the state’s delegates. In a winner-take-most system, like Indiana’s or California’s, Mr. Trump would be favored to win at least 60 delegates.
The difference matters a lot because Mr. Trump’s prize of 1,237 hangs on a thread. He is probably on track to finish a bit short of 1,237. Our model puts his projected delegate deficit as slightly less than the number of delegates left unpledged (54) in Pennsylvania, meaning he would be projected to win if they were bound delegates.
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Thank you onyx +1 - Responsibility2ndAnnoyance1st - We get it you like Cruz - I like the Dodgers neither have a chance at winning this year.
At this point you Cruz supporters are a distraction to winning.
We wouldn't put up with ceaseless posting by any of the other candidates - supporting Cruz is now the mathmatical equivalent as supporting Jim Gilmore.
We don't care to debate about Cruz anymore as the issue is settled.
Stop distracting us from winning
Nor should we be dancing and clapping when somebody is banned from this forum. It’s sickening.
Thanks, Jim Robinson.
The Bush family has controlled the Republican Party since 1988 and has never successfully elected anyone to the White House outside their very own family.
Let’s hope that everyone can unite behind Trump.
Personally, I don’t think there’s much of a question that won’t happen with Trump. Trump’s a horse of a different color from Romney and most past GOP candidates for that matter. I think we’re gonna finally see the no-hold-bars, go-for-the-jugular campaign we were all screaming for that douchebag Romeny to institute but never did.
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Trump loves a good fight. He is made for it.
Trump sees so many weaknesses in Hillary that he will attack her from 20 different angles. If she does not collapse from her failing health she will collapse not being able to defend her indefensible positions.
Meaning there really aren't all these polls showing the opposite. As I already knew.
Get on board now
Not a chance. I'll keep working to keep Trump from being nominated, and if he gets the nomination, I'll sit back and watch the trainwreck as he gets clobbered and we lose the House and the Senate. Unlike a lot of Trump supporters, I'm not going to vote for the Dems if my candidate doesn't get the nomination - but I won't vote for Trump either.
It’s interesting that Cruz supporters, by a vast majority, have continued to say we will support the nominee, even if it’s Trump.
I see just the opposite from those holier than thou Trump supporters who are vowing they will never vote for Cruz.
http://www.270towin.com/2016-republican-nomination-polls/interactive-delegate-calculator/
Great interactive delegate calculator. I conservatively got Trump to about 1195 without unbound delegates. I believe he will be over 1237 at the convention.
I was zotted for being pro-Trump a few months ago, thanks to Lazmataz or whatever his name is. I’m glad Jim has changed the tune around here. I feel more comfortable now that Jim is now pro-Trump and anti-Cruz.
“I see some accounts have already been suspended for people are leaving, I guess we have reached the point of no return, if that’s the case Trump all the way.”
They’re not being zotted for disagreeing, but they are being zotted for overtly stating that they intend on giving implicit aid and comfort to the enemy, Hillary.
If that’s what they want to do, then there are other, more appropriate places to do that than at FR.
>>hen will he have the guts of many FReepers here to tell the Republicans to go eff themselves?
I think he’d have to wait until he was sworn into office to do that. Remember, these political parties are PRIVATE organizations who make and change their rules at their whim.
If he tells them that too early, they may very well “rescind” his nomination. God knows they’ve done worse before.
“I am curious why that would be, if they politely say their piece and are not disruptive going forward.”
Noob, they’re not being zotted for disagreeing, but they are being zotted for overtly stating that they intend on giving implicit aid and comfort to the enemy, Hillary.
If that’s what they want to do, then there are other, more appropriate places to do that than at FR.
I find it difficult to believe you were zotted for being pro Trump a few months ago, what was your screen name and what else was involved in your zotting?
I’m keeping mine also.
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