The ironic thing about Trump and Cruz struggling so badly with the public’s impression of them is that they are battling to take on a likely Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, who is also broadly unpopular with the public at large. What do you think may happen at the GOP convention? And yet, Smith thinks many Republicans will vote for the party’s nominee, “because the alternative is Hillary Clinton and even for many Democrats, it’s not a great alternative”.
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“We have a process that anyone can be a part of at the precinct level, at the county level, at the Congressional District level, and at the state level”.
Trump now leads the active GOP presidential field with 743 delegates, while Cruz has 545.
The stakes to win over actual delegates – and not just support on the first ballot – have grown exponentially for all three remaining campaigns as a contested convention appears increasingly likely in Cleveland.
Brooks also said he hasn’t heard about any Cruz campaign workers in the state trying to sway delegates, adding that it simply wouldn’t make sense. “Ted Cruz and Donald Trump would lose in an electoral landslide and cost us critical seats in the U.S. Senate and House”.
Seeking to lower expectations, Mr Cruz said if Mr Trump does not get more than 50% of the vote in his home state “that’s widely going to be seen as a crushing loss”. National delegates will be selected at the state convention in May in Dallas. Sen.
IN party leaders said they were threatened over the weekend after telling Politico they saw no reason to help Donald Trump supporters win those delegate spots.
According to Mediate, “The campaign sent out an email soliciting possible delegates on Friday, April 8 to let everyone know that the deadline to submit their Declaration of Candidacy for Delegate form was Wednesday, April 6”. Not for the first time, Haugland declared that party rules do not bind any delegate to vote for any particular candidate.
It’s hard to imagine at this point who will emerge from the mess the Republican party is making of itself to be the GOP standard-bearer in the fall. “He went in there with the instruction from the Tea Party and the people who supported him to shake the place up”.
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About two-thirds of those polled said they have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, compared to 31 percent who view him favorably.
