John Kasich said Wednesday that neither GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump nor Sen.
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There are 21 states still to vote in primaries and caucuses, with Mr Trump now on 661 delegates, Mr Cruz on 406 and John Kasich on 142. – Hillary Clinton rolled up primary victories in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina on Tuesday, dealing a severe blow to Bernie Sanders’ bid to slow her march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.
Not all Republicans are enamored with the thought of Donald Trump being the party’s nominee for the 2016 presidential race, so a Stop Trump movement is being discussed in some circles.
Now, the question turns to whether Trump can amass the 1,237 delegates needed to avoid a contested convention and win the nomination outright. That’s not good enough – it takes a majority of delegates to win the nomination, according to party rules. He walloped Sen. Marco Rubio in the first-term senator’s home state of Florida on Tuesday, forcing Rubio from the race. If that pace continues, he would fall short of the majority needed to assure him the nomination at the party’s convention in July.
Rubio was asked by a reporter whether he would consider being the running mate of fellow Senator Ted Cruz should he win the nomination.
Seven in 10 Democrats are satisfied with either former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Vermont Sen. Marco Rubio dropped out of the race as it became clear that Trump would win Florida – Rubio’s home state.
Cruz stands to be the only candidate with any shot of defeating Trump before the convention, but his chances at reaching 1,237 delegates remain even more unlikely than Trump.
Trump reminded Cuomo that he represented “many millions of people”.
And Kasich delegate Mike Gonidakis, says he’s ready for a contested convention – saying that wrangling up delegate support inside Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena will be a transparent process. Clinton also has a substantial lead in the number of super delegates, which are party leaders who can vote for any candidate they prefer. While underlining his commitment to keep the campaign “positive”, Mr Kasich added on Tuesday, even as the voting was on: “I will be, however, forced going forward to talk about some of the deep concerns I have about the way this campaign has been run by some others – by one other, in particular”.
Sanders is unlikely to overtake Clinton in the delegate count, but his victory last week in MI underscored the unease that many Democratic voters have about her candidacy.
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Victories in those states, as well as a consistent performance in other proportional- delegate states, would be enough to secure Trump the nomination. Could Cruz, assuming he’s not terribly far behind in the overall delegate count, seek a teammate to push him over the top?
