Trump’s lower-polling opponents have realized that their best chance at the presidency at this point is not to try to win as many votes as possible in each state, but to make sure the votes are split between enough candidates that Trump does not secure a majority.
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If the GOP nomination decision comes to that, delegates could end up having a personal say in the election for the first time since 1952.
Based on the current delegate counts.
Donald Trump continued to rile up his closest frenemy – the Republican Party – on Wednesday, warning GOP leaders that they could have riots on their hands if they reject their frontrunner and tried to lock him out of the nomination at a contested convention.
Sources tell CNN there was “absolute consensus” in the closed-door meeting on trying to stop trump from getting the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination, but that there was a “real division” about launching a third-party challenge if trump ultimately becomes the nominee.
While the statement did not mention specific candidates, one participant said the majority of people in the meeting wanted to name Cruz as a suggested nominee but were anxious about doing so because of the effect if might have on Kasich. “Because we see one scandal after another that followed her husband and now is following her, between Benghazi and also the Clinton Foundation, the money that’s coming in, the email scandal”. In some cases, delegates have not yet been chosen in states that have already had primaries or caucuses.
Gerston predicted this would happen back in early January.
The self-described “grassroots conservative activists” said they plan to keep their options open, allowing the possibility of a contested convention and a third-party candidacy. “This is an extraordinary opportunity for California”.
That is because the outcome will remain uncertain for another three months – or even until July, when the Republican Party could have to hash things out on the convention floor in Cleveland, Ohio. On the Republican side, so far only Cruz is advertising in the state, a relatively light $256,000.
The impact of Trump’s win in Florida went beyond the 99 delegates he captured.
Both have potential to become winner-take-all if a candidate racks up over 50 percent of the vote, both statewide and in congressional districts.
With a big delegate lead over Kasich, Cruz remains the Republican best positioned to catch Trump. By that measure, Tuesday was a great night for Hillary Clinton, and a mixed one for Donald Trump. But that all depends on whether candidate Bernie Sanders unexpectedly surges in upcoming state primaries.
He said he believes he nail down the nomination before the convention and said he couldn’t imagine failing to get the party’s nomination virtually “automatically” in such a scenario.
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Before he dropped out of the race, Rubio was sitting on around 18 to 20 per cent of the vote nationwide among Republicans. People are voting for them. If you are voting by mail, you should contact your county elections office to request your selected ballot. Indeed, statistics indicate that the Republican voter turnout is over 60 percent higher than in the previous primary.
