Donald Trump is no fan of loyalty pledges. While he has won only 37 percent of the popular vote thus far in Republican contests, he has won 45 percent of the delegates.
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“What I do expect to happen is this: If Donald Trump exceeds 1,100 votes, he will become the nominee even though he may not have 1,237”, Evans said.
Trump, who has 7.5 million Twitter followers and almost as many on Facebook, boasted about his social media prowess, saying it gives him a huge advantage over his rivals while marveling at its great reach.
The three Republican delegates from the state’s fourth district are, like all 50 SC delegates, bound by state party rules to vote for Trump on the first ballot, based on his win in the state’s primary in February.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Griffiss International Airport on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in Rome, N.Y. Very few voters polled were undecided about Trump’s qualifications, or lack thereof, while 18 percent and 16 percent were undecided on Cruz and Kasich, respectively.
The wife of the Republican presidential front-runner said Tuesday he is “an adult and he knows the consequences” of his prolific and sometimes inflammatory Twitter use. Then these “Trojan Horses’ can explain why our votes don’t matter”. Ohio Gov. John Kasich will speak at a dinner banquet that night and Texas Sen. That explains the intense interest in how each state party governs its delegates and who is named to the convention’s Rules Committee. “They were just delegates that were picked and the people doing the picking are the people on the establishment side”, said Trump.
“Our Republican system is absolutely rigged”.
We’ve been telling you about the comments Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump made about Colorado’s caucus system. To lock up the nomination, a candidate needs to win 1,237, a majority of the total available, by the start of the July convention in Cleveland. He opened the show by lambasting the New York Times for its headline about Trump supposedly “losing steam”, contrasting the Times’ claim with a slew of recent polls showing Trump with huge leads in upcoming primaries.
“Even if (Trump) jumped into high gear, he can’t do it”, said Shak Hill, a Cruz campaign leader in Virginia.
34 more delegates will voted on at the State Convention on June 2nd.
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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”. Clinton performs 3 to 10 percentage points better against Trump or Cruz in those states than against Kasich.
