Hanna, the President of Let Freedom Ring, said that, following Jeb Bush’s decision to leave the race, the Republicans need to coalesce around another candidate soon if they are going to stop Donald Trump. It was right before the Republican convention, and “while it didn’t work out it shook up conventional wisdom”. In fact, almost every discussed scenario that denies Trump the nomination is unlikely at this point. It doesn’t bode well that his evangelist messaging failed to win over a Southern state where an incredible 72 percent of primary voters identified as either evangelical or born-again Christian, according to exit polls.
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And bringing up the rear, Marco Rubio at 14 percent and OH governor John Kasich with 14 percent. The battle for second place has been a fervent contest between Rubio and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, with Donald Trump firmly holding on to his frontrunner status in the GOP field.
But figuring out the victor has more to do with math than ideology. Rubio can’t even name a state he can win.
The victories put Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump in strong positions as the 2016 presidential election barrelled toward the 1 March Super Tuesday contests, a delegate-rich voting bonanza. For Republicans, 623 delegates will be up for grabs from the 13 states – including Alabama – that are taking place. If the nominee (Trump, or whoever beats him after all) can combine the party base with the new voters The Donald has attracted, that Republican will be moving to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. come January.
More than half the 2,383 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination will be determined in the 28 states that hold primaries and caucuses in March. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, speaks during an election-night rally Sat …
“The pure viciousness we’re seeing in the Republican primaries is not emblematic of a party that can sway independents in the general [election], especially given the hateful rhetoric we’ve seen so casually leveled at immigrants and minorities time and time again”, Jara said.
The former secretary of state was expected to win Nevada in double digits several weeks ago, but the Vermont senator appears to have performed better than expected with the heavy minority population in the state. He has not done this yet, and there isn’t a single state on the upcoming calendar with polls that show him ahead of the pack.
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Republicans can stop Trump, but it is becoming less likely every day.
