On the Republican side, Trump holds a wide delegate lead nationally, but there seems to be a real chance no one will claim a majority of GOP delegates before the national convention in Cleveland in July. Trump’s organizers distributed a slate that listed incorrect information for four of his candidates.
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Trump’s Oklahoma-based regional political director, Stephanie Milligan, declined to discuss how the campaign is preparing for the delegate votes scheduled to take place that day in Little Rock, Jonesboro, Hot Springs and Fort Smith. “You have 10 seconds”.
This is delusional. And what this tells us is, to borrow from The Gipper, that the Republican establishment is not the solution to the party’s problems; the Republican establishment is the problem. By age, Cruz leading Trump by 9 points among GOP voters under age 50, and Trump is ahead among seniors aged 65 or older. Although he suspended his campaign after losing his home state of Florida, Rubio has not released his delegates. A devastating indictment of Donald Trump emerges from new AP-GfK poll.
But the poll found significant regional differences, a noteworthy factor since 159 of California’s 172 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be decided by who wins each of the state’s 53 congressional district races. And if they do endorse, they take on some of Trump’s political baggage, he said. That time has long since passed.
Meanwhile, Cruz continues to play the long game, picking off a delegate here, a delegate there in states won by Trump, and aggressively going after delegates who will arrive in Cleveland unpledged to anyone.
As the Republicans and Democrats get ever closer to their respective national conventions, much speculation abounds as to whether there will be a brokered convention.
Washington’s Republican delegates elected to the National Convention will be bound 100% by the vote on the first ballot, but are free to vote however they’d like on subsequent ballots.
“He knew exactly what he was doing”, King said. “I believe Trump has no morals because he lies about many things. I don’t know if I’d have won if I hadn’t make those phone calls”.
“I think if Maryland is a moderately liberal state, and not a insane liberal state, I think that they’re going to go for Clinton”, Mr. Vatz said. Dozens of Cruz volunteers in bright orange shirts were fanned out, handing out glossy leaflets naming 14 delegate candidates who will back Cruz.
“He’s right. He has to win”, Manafort said.
“He confuses intimidation and bluster with straight talk and honesty”. “I don’t think he should be the nominee”. Then, there’s this Pew Research Center survey that shows just 38 percent of GOP voters say the party would unite behind him if he becomes the nominee. Or it may indicate that Wisconsin voters wanting to stop Trump were tactically voting for Cruz – and that anti-Trump voters in affluent Northeastern districts where Kasich outpolls Cruz may flock to Kasich.
“I’ve been strictly staying out of the presidential because it’s just a minefield for me”, he said.
Trump’s allies insist there is still time to streamline their delegate wrangling operation and time to persuade even those who are resistant to his brand of politics at this moment.
Both Cruz and Kasich each received 17 delegates pledged to vote for them this summer.
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Maree Miller, of Cairo, Ga., reacts to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as he speaks to supporters during a rally at Valdosta State University February 29, 2016 in Valdosta, Georgia.
